4A Bedford Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5DJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Change of Use from Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Use Class (C4 small HMO) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 7 Oct 2026 · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
Site constraints 3
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 3
Last sold for £300,000 in September 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2025, 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
- Lawful Development Cert - Proposed
- Postcode
- LU5 5DJ
- Received
- 31 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2026
- Parish
- Houghton Regis
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 14 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Lawful Dev - Proposed - Granted Conditions or Reasons: There are no conditions Informative Notes: There are no informative notes
- Decision date
- 7 Oct 2026
- Agent
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 49 days from validation, 7 days faster than Central Bedfordshire's median of 56 for changes of use. 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
No public comments yet.
Last counted 18 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 19 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
11 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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.
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.
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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