E C L House, Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1RT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from vacant commercial office space (use class E) to a church and community building (use class F) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Mar 2026 · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Associated applications 2
- Change of use from vacant commercial office space (use class E) to a church and community building (use class F)
Conditions details submitted for 4
Site constraints 5
Show all 43 with distances
- 0 mUnicorn ClubGrade II
- 13 m12, Lake StreetGrade II
- 31 m6 and 6a, Lake StreetGrade II
- 32 mOld Bank HouseGrade II
- 40 mNumbers 13 and 15 (Front Block Only)Grade II
- 42 mLeck HouseGrade II
- 47 m20 and 22, Lake StreetGrade II
- 54 m16, Market SquareGrade II
- 63 m12, Market SquareGrade II
- 68 mPeacock Public HouseGrade II
- 69 m18 and 18a, Market SquareGrade II
- 70 mThe Market TavernGrade II
- 79 m22, Market SquareGrade II
- 79 m26, Lake StreetGrade II
- 83 m24, Market SquareGrade II
- 84 m6, Market SquareGrade II
- 87 m26, Market SquareGrade II
- 87 m4, Market SquareGrade II
- 87 mHoddesden VillasGrade II
- 91 mThe Roebuck Public HouseGrade II
- 92 mBarclays BankGrade II
- 92 mThe Sun Public HouseGrade II
- 95 mThe Swan HotelGrade II
- 97 mFire StationGrade II
- 104 m4, Hockliffe StreetGrade II
- 107 mPublic LibraryGrade II
- 115 m29, Market Square (North Island Site)Grade II
- 115 m25, Market Square (North Island Site)Grade II
- 117 m31, Market Square (North Island Site)Grade II
- 120 mThe Cross Keys InnGrade II
- 128 mMarket CrossGrade II*
- 130 m46, High StreetGrade II
- 131 m17, Hockliffe StreetGrade II
- 134 m19 and 21, Hockliffe StreetGrade II
- 137 m7, Market SquareGrade II
- 137 m9, Market SquareGrade II
- 137 m11 and 11a, Market SquareGrade II
- 138 m1-5, Market SquareGrade II
- 139 m21a, Hockliffe StreetGrade II
- 144 m44, High StreetGrade II
- 145 m57 and 59, High StreetGrade II
- 146 m4, North StreetGrade II
- 150 mThe Red Lion Public HouseGrade II
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 £450,000 in June 2018. Other property, 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 May 2026, 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
- Full Application
- Postcode
- LU7 1RT
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jan 2026
- Parish
- Leighton-Linslade
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 27 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Full Application - Granted Conditions or Reasons: View Conditions or Reasons Informative Notes: There are no informative notes
- Decision date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Agent
- M Sharpe
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 45 days from validation, 11 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
100% support · above the UK average of 16%
Last counted 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 30 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 14 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 17 Feb 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.
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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