Parcel 5 Houghton Regis North 1 Sundon Road, Houghton Regis, LU5 5GX Data via plota.co.uk

CB/26/02923/NMA - Non-material Change to Permission Approved

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission . Variation sought to remove the "drive through" connection between plots 33 and 34 Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
23 Sept 2026
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Validated
24 Sept 2026
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Approved
2 Oct 2026

Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Associated applications 5

Site constraints 5

National infrastructure project: Woodside Link Houghton Regis Bedfordshire
The site is inside 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; Inside the Houghton Regis built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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. 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

Application type
Non-material Change to Permission
Postcode
LU5 5GX
Received
23 Sept 2026
Validated
24 Sept 2026
Parish
Houghton Regis
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Decision
Non-Material Amendment - Granted Conditions or Reasons: View Conditions or Reasons Informative Notes: There are no informative notes
Decision date
2 Oct 2026

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 18 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
24 Sept 2026
Comments by
13 Oct 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