Land at Banland Nurseries, East of Shefford Road, Meppershall Data via plota.co.uk

CB/25/02412/SECM - S106 Modification This case has not yet been decided

Proposal

Modification of Section 106 Agreement attached to planning permission . Amendment to clauses included at paragraph 3 of part 3 of The Schedule to the Section 106 Agreement, to replace the defective wording with the current agreed requirements. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 21 Oct 2026, 18:03

Application progress

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Received

22 Jul 2025

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Validated

23 Jul 2025

Decision

Target date was 17 Sept 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 17 Sept 2025.

The consultation period closed on 29 Aug 2025.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Ancient woodland about 2 m away: Meppershall Wood

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 1 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Meppershall 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 17 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 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

Council: Central Bedfordshire
Application type: S106 Modification
Received: 22 Jul 2025
Validated: 23 Jul 2025
Parish: Meppershall
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Sept 2025
Agent: Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 23 Jul 2025
Comments by: 29 Aug 2025
Site or press notice: 8 Aug 2025

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