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CB/26/01630/SCN - EIA - Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

SCN EIA Screening Opinion Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Oct 2026, 00:18

Application progress

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Received

22 May 2026

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Validated

23 May 2026

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Pre-application Advice Released Conditions or R…

11 Jun 2026

Pre-application Advice Released Conditions or R… on 11 Jun 2026 · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

National infrastructure project about 270 m away: A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Improvement scheme

The site is about 270 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements (at pre-application, about 1014 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Inside the Tempsford built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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

Council: Central Bedfordshire
Application type: EIA - Screening Opinion
Postcode: SG19 2BD
Received: 22 May 2026
Validated: 23 May 2026
Parish: Tempsford
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Jun 2026
Decision: Pre-application Advice Released Conditions or Reasons: There are no conditions Informative Notes: There are no informative notes
Decision date: 11 Jun 2026

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 23 May 2026
Comments by: 26 Jun 2026

Central Bedfordshire

Planning Authority Score

6.3/10

Average

#88 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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