Parcels 7 & 8 in Area 4 at Linmere, Houghton Regis North, Dunstable Data via plota.co.uk

CB/25/03234/RM - Reserved Matters Approved

Proposal

Reserved Matters: following Outline Application (Outline planning permission with the details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved for later determination. Development to comprise: up to 5,150 dwellings (Use Class C3); up to 202,500 sqm gross of additional development in Use Classes: A1, A2, A3 (retail), A4 (public house), A5 (take away); B1, B2, B8 (offices, industrial and storage and distribution); C1 (hotel), C2 (care home), D1 and D2 (community and leisure); car showroom; data centre; petrol filling station; car parking; primary substation; energy centre; and for the laying out of the buildings; routes and open spaces within the development; and all associated works and operations including but not limited to: demolition; earthworks; engineering operations. All development, works and operations to be in accordance with the Development Parameters Schedule and Plans.) Approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout, scale for 236 dwellings and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

10 Oct 2025

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Validated

22 Oct 2025

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Approved

Approved · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

National infrastructure project about 143 m away: Woodside Link Houghton Regis Bedfordshire

The site is about 143 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

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 Expansion Zone

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

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; 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 17 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, 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: Central Bedfordshire
Application type: Reserved Matters
Received: 10 Oct 2025
Validated: 22 Oct 2025
Parish: Houghton Regis
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Mar 2026
Decision: Reserved Matters- Granted Conditions or Reasons: View Conditions or Reasons Informative Notes: There are no informative notes
Agent: Pegasus Group

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

Last counted 18 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 22 Oct 2025
Comments by: 23 Mar 2026
Site or press notice: 5 Nov 2025

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