Local Centre Parcel, Linmere phase 1, Waterslade Way and Lime Tree Drive, Houghton Regis LU5 7AS Data via plota.co.uk

CB/25/03646/NMA - Non-material Change to Permission Approved

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission (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.) Reserved matters approval sought for layout, scale, appearance, landscaping and access relating to Local Centre Parcel, Phase 1) Amendments sought to the Neighbourhood Centre: 1. Omit all rear eastern retail ground floor windows. 2. Add external rear eastern door to convenience store. 3. Amend convenience store compound external gates, to provide dedicated means of escape door through compound wall to comply with Building Regulations. 4. Enlarge convenience store compound canopy. 5. Add convenience store compound brise soleil. 6. Amend retail rear eastern doors on site / ground floor plans generally from double to single leaf doors. 7. Addition of privacy screen to first floor apartments above convenience store. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Nov 2025
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Validated
20 Nov 2025
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Appeal dismissed
27 Aug 2026
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Approved

Approved · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

National infrastructure project about 408 m away: Woodside Link Houghton Regis Bedfordshire
The site is about 408 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
Inside the Houghton Regis 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 7 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

Application type
Non-material Change to Permission
Postcode
LU5 7AS
Received
14 Nov 2025
Validated
20 Nov 2025
Parish
Houghton Regis
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Dec 2025
Decision
Non-Material Amendment - Granted Conditions or Reasons: View Conditions or Reasons Informative Notes: There are no informative notes
Appeal
Dismissed · 27 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004344 ↗

Public comments

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Last counted 18 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 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