Whitehill Farm, Butterfield Green Road, Luton, LU2 8DG Data via plota.co.uk

CB/26/02664/PAAC - Agri buildings to flexible commercial Withdrawn

Proposal

Prior Approval of Change of Use from agricultural building to flexible commercial use. Change of use of existing agricultural buildings and land within their curtilage to Use Class B8 storage or distribution use under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, together with associated use of the existing yard area for parking, manoeuvring, loading and unloading. No new buildings or material external alterations are proposed Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 03:42

Application progress

✓

Received

26 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

27 Aug 2026

−

Withdrawn

14 Oct 2026

Withdrawn on 14 Oct 2026 · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

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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Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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) agrees.

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.

Also on the record

National landscape 160 m away: Chilterns.

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 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.

Building

Floor area292 m² (3,143 sq ft)

Energy ratingF (24 out of 100), could reach C

PropertyDetached house, 10 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2016, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Central Bedfordshire
Application type: Agri buildings to flexible commercial
Postcode: LU2 8DG
Received: 26 Aug 2026
Validated: 27 Aug 2026
Parish: Streatley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Oct 2026
Decision: Application Withdrawn Conditions or Reasons: There are no conditions Informative Notes: There are no informative notes
Decision date: 14 Oct 2026
Agent: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 18 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 27 Aug 2026
Comments by: 2 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 11 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

1 previous application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

Prior Approval for the erection, extension or alterations of a building for Agricultural…

CB/25/01577/AG 3 Jun 2025

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.