15 Bridge Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1AH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior Approval for change of use commercial/business/service to dwellinghouses: Change of use of the first floor from office (use class E) to dwellinghouse (use class C3). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 20 Apr 2026 · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Associated applications 2
Site constraints 4
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- 28 mAssembly Hall at the Cedars SchoolGrade II
- 43 m1, High StreetGrade II
- 50 mMain Building of the Cedars SchoolGrade II
- 65 mLibrary at the Cedars SchoolGrade II*
- 76 mPair of K6 Telephone Kiosks to East of Number 2Grade II
- 86 m4-14, Church SquareGrade II
- 102 m13, High StreetGrade II
- 105 m10 and 12, High StreetGrade II
- 107 mThe Golden Bell Public HouseGrade II
- 110 m14, High StreetGrade II
- 114 m17, High StreetGrade II
- 115 m16 and 18, High StreetGrade II
- 122 m19, High StreetGrade II
- 124 mThe Black Lion Public HouseGrade II
- 128 m21, High StreetGrade II
- 137 mRavenstone ChambersGrade II
- 138 mLeighton Buzzard War Memorial, including a pair of stone benchesGrade II
- 146 mLeighton Buzzard Church of All SaintsGrade I
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £290,000 in November 2025. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Application type
- P.Notif. Comm (Class E) to Dwellinghouse
- Postcode
- LU7 1AH
- Received
- 16 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 25 Feb 2026
- Parish
- Leighton-Linslade
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 22 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted Conditions or Reasons: View Conditions or Reasons Informative Notes: 1 )Regulation 75 of the�Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017�imposes a condition on any permission granted by the General Permitted Development Order (GDPO) that is likely to have a significant effect on a European Site (Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation) must not commence until the developer has received written notification of the approval of the local planning authority under Regulation 77. This means that any development granted under the GPDO that will result in creation of new dwellings cannot lawfully proceed until Regulation 77 is satisfied.��This includes all development that has received Prior Approval consent under the GPDO but has not been completed. The process for this is to submit to the planning authority sufficient information for it to enable an assessment to take place. There is no statutory application form to be completed, but there is a requirement in the Regulations to pay �30 at the time of application. Central Bedfordshire Council will then inform Natural England of the application, who will be given a period to make comments, and will take these comments into account. Following approval of the draft Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Mitigation Strategy by the Council's Executive Committee on 7th February 2023, the final Mitigation Strategy has now been published on the Council website. The Mitigation Strategy details four open spaces which the Council has successfully secured as Strategic Alternative Green Spaces (SANGs) to mitigate the impact of development in parts of southern Central Bedfordshire on the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation. The full Strategy document can be found on the Council website: View or download the mitigation strategy (PDF). For development which cannot provide its own SANG, applicants who wish to make use of the Council's Mitigation Strategy to satisfy Regulation 75 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in relation to their Prior Approval applications will need to complete a Unilateral Undertaking agreement which secures contributions to the Strategy. This will comprise of contributions to Part A (SAMM), Part B (SANG), as well as fees to cover monitoring and legal costs. Once contributions to the Mitigation Strategy have been agreed, we will then be able to consult Natural England and the Council's Legal Officers prior to issuing any written approval with respect to Regulation 77.Regulation 75 of the�Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017�imposes a condition on any permission granted by the General Permitted Development Order (GDPO) that is likely to have a significant effect on a European Site (Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation) must not commence until the developer has received written notification of the approval of the local planning authority under Regulation 77. This means that any development granted under the GPDO that will result in creation of new dwellings cannot lawfully proceed until Regulation 77 is satisfied.��This includes all development that has received Prior Approval consent under the GPDO but has not been completed. The process for this is to submit to the planning authority sufficient information for it to enable an assessment to take place. There is no statutory application form to be completed, but there is a requirement in the Regulations to pay �30 at the time of application. Central Bedfordshire Council will then inform Natural England of the application, who will be given a period to make comments, and will take these comments into account. Following approval of the draft Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Mitigation Strategy by the Council's Executive Committee on 7th February 2023, the final Mitigation Strategy has now been published on the Council website. The Mitigation Strategy details four open spaces which the Council has successfully secured as Strategic Alternative Green Spaces (SANGs) to mitigate the impact of development in parts of southern Central Bedfordshire on the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation. The full Strategy document can be found on the Council website: View or download the mitigation strategy (PDF). For development which cannot provide its own SANG, applicants who wish to make use of the Council's Mitigation Strategy to satisfy Regulation 75 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in relation to their Prior Approval applications will need to complete a Unilateral Undertaking agreement which secures contributions to the Strategy. This will comprise of contributions to Part A (SAMM), Part B (SANG), as well as fees to cover monitoring and legal costs. Once contributions to the Mitigation Strategy have been agreed, we will then be able to consult Natural England and the Council's Legal Officers prior to issuing any written approval with respect to Regulation 77. 2 )This permission relates only to that required under the Town & Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment or under the Building Regulations. Any other consent or approval which is necessary must be obtained from the appropriate authority.This permission relates only to that required under the Town & Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment or under the Building Regulations. Any other consent or approval which is necessary must be obtained from the appropriate authority. 3 )The applicant is advised that all cycle parking to be provided within the site shall be designed in accordance with the Central Bedfordshire Council's 'Parking Standards for New Developments' SPD.The applicant is advised that all cycle parking to be provided within the site shall be designed in accordance with the Central Bedfordshire Council's 'Parking Standards for New Developments' SPD.
- Decision date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Agent
- Show
- Freehold owner
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How this decision compares
Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 65% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Central Bedfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Central Bedfordshire decision record →
Public comments
Last counted 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 25 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 17 Apr 2026
- Site or press notice
- 27 Mar 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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