Barns At Winch Hill Farm Winch Hill Road Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8PA

25/03052/PNRPrior Approval Class R Agric to Flex UseApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Proposal

Building A is to be used for general industry and Building B for storage and distribution.

Received: 2 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Hitchwood Ward

ReceivedReceived2 Dec
ValidatedValidated2 Dec
Consult.Consultation2 Jan
TargetTarget Date26 Jan
DecidedDecided22 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Barns At Winch Hill Farm Winch Hill Road Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8PA. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood Ward. We hold 966 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: LU2 8PA
Application type: Prior Approval Class R Agric to Flex Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kings Walden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 9 January 2026
Consultation end: 2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 9 January 2026
Last date for comments: 9 January 2026
Target decision date: 26 January 2026
Decision issued: 23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mr Barry Cunningham
Agent address: 140 Weston Road Aston Clinton Aylesbury HP22 5EP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Site notice end: 9 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14526643
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: North Hertfordshire
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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PendingDischarge of conditions26/02788/DOC
2025
2 Dec
Building A is to be used for general industry and Building B for storage and distribution.
This applicationApprovedOutline25/03052/PNR

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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