Chapel Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ Data via plota.co.uk

CB/25/03326/FULL - Full Application Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 1 July 2026. The council has not issued its decision notice yet.

Proposal

Demolition of farm buildings, construction of a Gospel Hall, community orchard, access, car parking, attenuation basin and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Oct 2025
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Validated
24 Nov 2025
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Committee
1 Jul 2026
Decision notice
Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 26 Jun 2026; it is now day 352.

The consultation period closed on 26 Jun 2026.

Planning committee

Decided by Central Bedfordshire Development Management Committee on 1 Jul 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved by 11 votes to 0

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the community benefits clearly outweighed Green Belt harm and other identified impacts could be controlled by conditions.
  • The parish council and residents raised concerns about Green Belt harm, the proposal’s scale, traffic, drainage, noise and limited community benefit.
  • The committee voted unanimously to approve the application, subject to conditions and amendments including solar panels, ecology, cycle hoops and disabled bays.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Central Bedfordshire's committee minutes of 1 Jul 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 6

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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Public footpath about 16 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National infrastructure project about 737 m away: Woodside Link Houghton Regis Bedfordshire
The site is about 737 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Gostelow House, Grade II, about 54 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 £2,550,000 in October 2024. Other property, freehold.

2 October 2024£2,550,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Central Bedfordshire
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
LU4 9UJ
Received
17 Oct 2025
Validated
24 Nov 2025
Parish
Chalton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Feb 2026
Agent
Town Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 352, past the statutory target. 86% of full applications in Central Bedfordshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 4 Nov 2026.

Day 352296 days past the 56-day target
62%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
100%go to committee

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

Public comments

63comments received
12 objecting2 neutral49 supporting

78% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 4 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
24 Nov 2025
Comments by
26 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
21 Jan 2026
Committee
1 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Withdrawn
Provision of new agricultural access
CB/23/01414/FULL
2023 Approved
Discharge of Condition(s) 7 and 8 against planning permission CB/21/04143/VOC (Variation…
CB/23/01230/DOC
2022 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 2,3,5 against planning permission CB/21/04143/VOC Variation of co…
CB/22/01819/DOC
2021 Approved
Variation of condition 10 of planning permission CB/18/01795/FULL (Proposed energy storag…
CB/21/04143/VOC
2021 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 2,4 & 5 against planning permission CB/18/01795/FULL (Proposed en…
CB/21/03925/DOC
2018 Approved
Proposed energy storage facility to provide energy balancing services to the National Grid
CB/18/01795/FULL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Withdrawn
Orchard Cottage, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Garage loft conversion with extended front dormer and roof light and new rear dormer wind…
CB/25/02361/FULL
2024 Withdrawn
Former Pumping Station at Chapel Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Demolition of the existing building and the change of use of the land to provide EV parki…
CB/24/02919/FULL
2024 Approved
Chalton Lower School, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Retention of double classroom, temporary unit.
CB/24/02608/REG3
2024
Former Grain Store at Manor Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Conversion of agricultural building to form two dwelling houses (C3 use) with associated…
CB/24/01937/FULL
2024
Former Grain Store at Manor Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Listed Building: Conversion of agricultural building to form two dwelling houses (C3 use)…
CB/24/01938/LB
2022 Refused
Pump House, Luton Road, Chalton, LU4 9UJ
Demolition of existing pumping station and erection of steel frame storage building.
CB/22/04648/FULL
2022 Withdrawn
Former Pumping Station Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Prior Notification of Agricultural Development: erection of a steel frame agricultural bu…
CB/22/04584/AG
2021 Approved
50 Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Prior Notification of Householder Extension: Single storey rear extension.
CB/21/05680/GPDE
2021 Approved
Land Adjacent to National Grid Sundon Substation, Water End Lane, Chalton, LU4 9UJ
Battery storage development, components, new underground cabling, access tracks, GRP subs…
CB/21/02829/FULL
2021 Approved
60 Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Remove 2nr chimneys above roofline, add front dormer to match existing rear dormer and si…
CB/21/03756/FULL
2021 Withdrawn
The Former Pumping Station At Chapel Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Replacement of the former water pumping station with a single dwelling
CB/21/00542/FULL
2020 Approved
Manor Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Conversion of Curtilage Listed Agricultural building to form two dwelling houses (C3 use)…
CB/20/03571/FULL
2020 Approved
Manor Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Listed Building: Conversion of Curtilage Listed Agricultural building to form two dwellin…
CB/20/03572/LB
2019 Refused
The Former Pumping Station At Chapel Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Replacement of pumping station with a single dwelling.
CB/19/04329/FULL
2019 Approved
Land At Manor Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
EIA Screening Request for the Sundon Solar Farm Site. Proposed Solar Farm, Batteries and…
CB/19/02835/SCN
2019 Approved
Grain Store, Manor Farm, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Prior Notification of Change of Use of Agricultural Building to dwelling:
CB/19/02107/PAAD
2019 Approved
Chalton Lower School, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Retention of classroom temporary unit
CB/19/00970/REG3
2018 Approved
62 Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Proposed loft conversion with rear dormer extens…
CB/18/04770/LDCP
2018 Approved
58 Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UG
Internal alterations and single storey rear extension to dwelling.
CB/18/04721/FULL
2018 Approved
Electricity Sub Station Control Centre, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Development of the site for a gas powered electricity generator and related infrastructur…
CB/18/03461/FULL
2018 Approved
The Star, 33 Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Advertisement Consent: Installation of replacement illuminated and non illuminated signs…
CB/18/02117/ADV
2018 Approved
Chalton Lower School, Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Removal of an existing small Timber Shed and Gazebo and construction of an additional Cla…
CB/18/01000/FULL
2017 Approved
35 Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Single storey rear extension, First floor side and rear extension, rear dormer window and…
CB/17/03564/FULL
2017 Refused
9 Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Erection of detached garage and granny annexe ancillary to house
CB/17/01534/FULL
2016 Approved
39 Luton Road, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UJ
Erection of single storey front extension.
CB/16/02130/FULL
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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.