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26/01669/EIASCP - Environmental Scoping Request Decided

Proposal

EIA Scoping Opinion request under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended), in respect of the erection of up to 570 dwellings, including affordable housing, public open space, new village green, landscaping, parking and associated infrastructure, alongside the partial demolition, retention and conversion of the existing agricultural barns for residential or commercial uses with vehicular access (This is not the planning application for the development it is a scoping opinion only under EIA regulations) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:01

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Application progress

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Received

27 Aug 2026

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SOS Referral for EIASCP and EIASCR

8 Oct 2026

SOS Referral for EIASCP and EIASCR on 8 Oct 2026 · Secretary Of State · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Public bridleway 8 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project 9 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Clapham (Bedford) built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt · 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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

Council: Bedford
Application type: Environmental Scoping Request
Received: 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 27 Aug 2026
Ward: Clapham & Oakley
Parish: Clapham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Sept 2026
Decision: SOS Referral for EIASCP and EIASCR
Decision date: 8 Oct 2026
Decision level: Secretary Of State
Applicant: Show
Agent: Carter Jonas

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 21 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Bedford

Planning Authority Score

2.4/10

Poor

#253 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Bedford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #201 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Bedford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

80%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #259 of 296

86%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #239 of 296

56%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #201 of 296

52%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #233 of 296

52%

Minor dwellings approved

109 decided (1-9 homes)

69%

Major dwellings approved

26 decided (10+ homes)

67%

Change of use approved

57 decided

993

Total decisions

203 refused in the year to March 2026