Bury Spinney, Thorn Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JQ Data via plota.co.uk

CB/26/01076/NMA - Non-material Change to Permission Refused
Admin / procedural

Proposal

The Non Material Amendment to planning permission ref. Reserved Matters: following Outline Application (Outline Application for residential development for up to 100 dwellings with all matters reserved, except access.) Full details of reserved matters for 76 dwellings including appearance, landscaping, scale and layout pursuant to outline consent . Amendment sought to omit the external balconies on coach houses and flats. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
7 Apr 2026
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Refused
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on · Last checked 13 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Central Bedfordshire
Application type
Non-material Change to Permission
Postcode
LU5 6JQ
Received
7 Apr 2026
Validated
7 Apr 2026
Parish
Houghton Regis
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 May 2026
Decision
Non-Material Amendment - Refused Conditions or Reasons: There are no conditions Informative Notes: There are no informative notes
Agent
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Public comments

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Last counted 13 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

41 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 5, 6,12 and 21 against planning permission CB/22/04525/VOC (Remov…
CB/25/02660/DOC
2025 Approved
Discharge of Condition 8 against planning permission CB/ 23/03551/RM (Reserved Matters: f…
CB/25/02664/DOC
2025
Modification of Section 106 Agreement attached to planning permission: CB/19/04220/OUT, C…
CB/25/02000/SECM
2025 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 19 and 20 against planning permission ref. CB/22/04525/VOC (Remov…
CB/25/00456/DOC
2025 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 1, 4, 9, 14, and 15 against planning permission ref. CB/23/03551/…
CB/25/00458/DOC
2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 2 against planning permission ref. CB/23/03551/RM (Reserved Matter…
CB/24/03498/DOC
2024 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 7, 9, 14, 15 and 17 against planning permission ref. CB/22/04525/…
CB/24/03398/DOC
2023 Approved
Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/22/04525/VOC (Outline Application for…
CB/23/03551/RM
2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 18 ( Parts 1 & 3 ) against planning permission ref. CB/22/04525/VO…
CB/24/02658/DOC
2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 18 against planning permission ref. CB/22/04525/VOC (Removal of co…
CB/24/01350/DOC
2023 Approved
Discharge of Condition 16 against CB/19/04220/OUT (Outline Application for Residential De…
CB/23/00191/DOC
2022
Variation of condition numbers 10,13 and 21 of planning permission CB/19/04220/OUT(Outlin…
CB/22/04525/VOC
2022 Refused
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/19/04220/OUT (Outline Application for Re…
CB/22/02012/NMA
2019 Approved
Outline Application for Residential Development for up to 100 Dwellings with all matters…
CB/19/04220/OUT
2017 Refused
Outline: Residential development for up to 100 dwellings with all other matters except ac…
CB/17/04108/OUT
2016 Withdrawn
Outline residential development for up to 100 dwellings with all other matters except acc…
CB/16/02086/OUT
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Unit 4 Local Centre Land West of Bidwell Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Application for the use of unit 4 as Class E Dentist
CB/22/01807/FULL
2020 Withdrawn
Land West of Bidwell, Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Erection of a mixed use Local Centre comprising 22 no. apartments, 1 no. day nursery (Use…
CB/20/01545/FULL
2020 Approved
Land west of Bidwell, Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Erection of a mixed use Local Centre comprising 52 no. apartments, 1 no. day nursery (Use…
CB/20/01537/FULL
2020 Approved
Land west of Bidwell, Houghton Regis. LU5 6JQ
Erection of a 3 storey, 66 bed care home for older people with associated access, car par…
CB/20/01538/FULL
2019 Approved
Bidwell Farm Bedford Road Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
New substation and hardstanding
CB/19/03640/FULL
2023 Approved
Land West of Bidwell, Houghton Regis, LU5 6JQ
Discharge of Condition 7 against CB/20/01537/FULL Erection of a mixed use Local Centre co…
CB/23/00244/DOC
2021 Approved
Parcels 5a & 5b, Bidwell West, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, LU5 6JQ
Discharge of conditions 16 & 17 against planning permission CB/19/03232/RM (Reserved matt…
CB/21/03144/DOC
2022 Approved
Land West of Bidwell (Houghton Regis Site 2) Hougton Regis
Discharge of Condition 15 against planning permission CB/15/00297/OUT (Outline 'hybrid' p…
CB/22/03787/DOC
2023 Approved
Brambelside Thorn Road Bidwell Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/18/03530/RM (Reserved Matters following…
CB/23/00926/NMA
2022 Approved
Land west of Bidwell, Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Discharge of Condition 6 against planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL: Erection of a mixe…
CB/22/04663/DOC
2022 Refused
Land at Bury Spinney, Thorn Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JQ
Reserved Matters: Erection of 77 dwellings, providing full details of reserved matters in…
CB/22/04567/RM
2023 Approved
Parcels 5a and 5b Bidwell West, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/20/00675/VOC (Variation of condition 19…
CB/23/00122/NMA
2022 Approved
Land west of Bidwell, Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Discharge of Condition 7 against planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL (Erection of a mixe…
CB/22/04544/DOC
2022 Approved
Parcels 5a and 5b, Bidwell West, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/19/03232/RM (Reserved matters: Appearanc…
CB/22/03788/NMA
2022 Approved
Land west of Bidwell, Houghton Regis. LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/20/01538/FULL, (Erection of a 3 storey…
CB/22/03302/NMA
2022 Approved
Local Centre, Land West of Bidwell, Houghton Regis, LU5 6JQ
Discharge of Condition 11 against planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL (Erection of a mix…
CB/22/02777/DOC
2022 Approved
Land west of Bidwell, Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL (Erection of a mixed use L…
CB/22/02768/NMA
2022 Approved
Land east of Watling Street and South of A5 M1 Link, Watling Street, Houghton Regis
Discharge of Condition 12 against planning permission CB/15/00297/OUT (Outline 'hybrid' p…
CB/22/01543/DOC
2022 Approved
Local Centre, Land West of Bidwell, Houghton Regis, LU5 6JQ
Discharge of Condition 11 against planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL Erection of a mixe…
CB/22/01866/DOC
2022 Approved
Land West of Bidwell, Houghton Regis, LU5 6JQ
Discharge of condition 12 against planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL (Erection of a mix…
CB/22/00085/DOC
2022 Approved
Land West of Bidwell, Houghton Regis, LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL (Erection of a mixed use L…
CB/22/01391/NMA
2022 Approved
Local Centre, Land West of Bidwell, Houghton Regis, LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL (Erection of a mixed use L…
CB/22/01093/NMA
2022 Approved
Land west of Bidwell, Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL (Erection of a mixed use L…
CB/22/00423/NMA
2021 Approved
Parcels 4a and 4b Bidwell West Houghton Regis Bedfordshire LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/19/00883/RM (Reserved matters of appeara…
CB/21/04555/NMA
2022 Approved
Land west of Bidwell, Houghton Regis LU5 6JQ
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/20/01537/FULL: (Erection of a mixed use…
CB/22/00020/NMA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings