Land to the South of Leighton Road, Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9HR Data via plota.co.uk

CB/26/02115/OUT - Outline Application Registered

Proposal

Outline Application for a residential scheme comprising of up to 160 dwellings, new vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access, parking, open space, landscaping and community allotments, sustainable drainage systems, and associated works. All matters reserved, except for access. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 20 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 12 Nov 2026; it is now day 100.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 3

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 591 m away: The Grand Union Canal Transfer, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Outline Application
Postcode
LU7 9HR
Received
3 Jul 2026
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Parish
Stanbridge, Billington, Leighton-Linslade
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Agent
H Bryant

Decision outlook

Day 100, past the statutory target. 81% of commercial and major works in Central Bedfordshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 10015 days to the predicted decision (day 115)
42%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
46decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Central Bedfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Central Bedfordshire decision record →

Public comments

36comments received
35 objecting1 supporting

97% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
21 Jul 2026
Comments by
12 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
11 Aug 2026
Central Bedfordshire
Planning Authority Score
6.3/10
Average
#88 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Central Bedfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #62 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Central Bedfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #218 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #169 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #62 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #99 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
153 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
29 decided (10+ homes)
73%
Change of use approved
45 decided
1,444
Total decisions
226 refused in the year to March 2026