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26/01972/NMA - Non-Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

Reduce the number of solar panels shown on the approved plans to two per dwelling across the development, except for Plots 32 and 33 (as Non-Material Amendment to planning permission granted 22.04.2025) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:06

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Received

6 Aug 2026

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Approved

19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 Aug 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 5

Part of

Full8 Mar 2023council archive

Conditions 15 discharged
- AmendmentReduce the number of solar panels shown on the approved plans to two per dwelling across…This application6 Aug 202626/01972/NMA
- Show 3 more · 2 approved, 1 refused
  - ConditionsCondition 15 (Archaeological WSI) as details reserved by condition28 Aug 202626/02172/DOC
  - VariationRemoval of garden rooms to plots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21…29 Jun 202626/01646/NMA
  - VariationRemoval of solar panels (as Non-Material Amendment)Refused14 Apr 202626/00973/NMA

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

National infrastructure project 723 m away: London Luton Airport Expansion

The site is 723 m from the project boundary. Airport, 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.

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Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 328 m away: Oughtonhead Lane SSSI; Green belt 60 m away: London.

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, 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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