Inions Farm, Luton Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4AD Data via plota.co.uk

CB/26/02950/FULL - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Retrospective Planning Permission for the Change of Use of Three Agricultural Buildings to storage under B8 use class. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
25 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 1 Dec 2026, from Central Bedfordshire's recent agricultural works.

Comments are open until 25 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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
National infrastructure project about 1960 m away: London Luton Airport Expansion; Inside the Caddington 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 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
Full Application
Postcode
LU1 4AD
Received
25 Sept 2026
Validated
7 Oct 2026
Parish
Caddington
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Dec 2026
Agent
Isabel Ede
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Central Bedfordshire usually decides agricultural works by day 55.

Day 2135 days to the 56-day target
62%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
40decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Central Bedfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Central Bedfordshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 Oct 2026
Comments by
25 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
4 Nov 2026
Central Bedfordshire
Planning Authority Score
6.3/10
Average
#88 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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.