Great Thickthorn Farm, Thickthorn Lane, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3NQ Data via plota.co.uk
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Reserved Matters: following Outline Application (Creation of a community café (use classes E(a) and E(b)), changing facilities (use class F2(c)). Erection of residential development for up to 42 dwellings (use class C3) and all associated development including vehicular access, pedestrian and cycle links, public open space, car parking, landscaping, drainage and associated works, following the demolition of existing buildings. All matters reserved except for access.) Approval of reserved matters for Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for 42 dwellings, the community cafe and changing facilities, with discharge of conditions 11, 13, and part A of condition 5. Data via plota.co.uk
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Discharge of Condition 26 against planning permission ref CB/22/04494/OUT
Important details
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Application type
- Reserved Matters
- Postcode
- MK45 3NQ
- Received
- 19 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 19 Jan 2026
- Parish
- Houghton Conquest
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 20 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Reserved Matters- Granted Conditions or Reasons: View Conditions or Reasons Informative Notes: 1 )This permission relates only to that required under the Town & Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment or under the Building Regulations. Any other consent or approval which is necessary must be obtained from the appropriate authority.This permission relates only to that required under the Town & Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment or under the Building Regulations. Any other consent or approval which is necessary must be obtained from the appropriate authority. 2 )GDP Policy Informative Central Beds Local Plan In accordance with Article 35 (1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, the reason for any condition above relates to the Policies as referred to in the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).GDP Policy Informative Central Beds Local Plan In accordance with Article 35 (1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, the reason for any condition above relates to the Policies as referred to in the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). 3 )The following conditions from outline permission CB/22/04494/OUT are considered to be discharged by this decision (subject to implementation where relevant): 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 and Part A of Condition 5.The following conditions from outline permission CB/22/04494/OUT are considered to be discharged by this decision (subject to implementation where relevant): 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 and Part A of Condition 5. 4 )The Council does not accept materials at their offices. Where there is a requirement for materials to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, please contact the Case Officer to arrange for them to be viewed, usually this will be on site.The Council does not accept materials at their offices. Where there is a requirement for materials to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, please contact the Case Officer to arrange for them to be viewed, usually this will be on site. 5 )Anglian Water has assets close to or crossing this site or there are assets subject to an adoption agreement. Therefore the site layout should take this into account and accommodate those assets within either prospectively adoptable highways or public open space. If this is not practicable then the sewers will need to be diverted at the developers cost under Section 185 of the Water Industry Act 1991. or, in the case of apparatus under an adoption agreement, liaise with the owners of the apparatus. It should be noted that the diversion works should normally be completed before development can commence.Anglian Water has assets close to or crossing this site or there are assets subject to an adoption agreement. Therefore the site layout should take this into account and accommodate those assets within either prospectively adoptable highways or public open space. If this is not practicable then the sewers will need to be diverted at the developers cost under Section 185 of the Water Industry Act 1991. or, in the case of apparatus under an adoption agreement, liaise with the owners of the apparatus. It should be noted that the diversion works should normally be completed before development can commence. 6 )The applicant is advised that if it is the intention to request Central Bedfordshire Council as Local Highway Authority, to adopt the proposed highways within the site as maintainable at the public expense then details of the specification, layout and alignment, width and levels of the said highways together with all the necessary highway and drainage arrangements, including run off calculations shall be submitted to the Highways Agreements Officer, Highways Contract Team, Community Services, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ .The applicant is advised that if it is the intention to request Central Bedfordshire Council as Local Highway Authority, to adopt the proposed highways within the site as maintainable at the public expense then details of the specification, layout and alignment, width and levels of the said highways together with all the necessary highway and drainage arrangements, including run off calculations shall be submitted to the Highways Agreements Officer, Highways Contract Team, Community Services, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ . 7 )The applicant is advised that all cycle parking to be provided within the site shall be designed in accordance with Central Bedfordshire Council's Parking for New Developments SPD (August 2024).The applicant is advised that all cycle parking to be provided within the site shall be designed in accordance with Central Bedfordshire Council's Parking for New Developments SPD (August 2024). 8 )The applicant is advised that as a result of the development, new highway street lighting will be required, and the applicant must contact the Development Control Group, Development Management Division, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ for details of the works involved, the cost of which shall be borne by the developer. No development shall commence until the works have been approved in writing and the applicant has entered into a separate legal agreement covering this point with the Highway Authority.The applicant is advised that as a result of the development, new highway street lighting will be required, and the applicant must contact the Development Control Group, Development Management Division, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ for details of the works involved, the cost of which shall be borne by the developer. No development shall commence until the works have been approved in writing and the applicant has entered into a separate legal agreement covering this point with the Highway Authority. 9 )It is the Council's expectation that the changing rooms shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the scheme for the management and maintenance of the neighbouring playing pitches, which is to be submitted and approved under Part 9 of the Second Schedule of the Section 106 Agreement dated 31 October 2019 attached to planning permission CB/17/02575/OUT.It is the Council's expectation that the changing rooms shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the scheme for the management and maintenance of the neighbouring playing pitches, which is to be submitted and approved under Part 9 of the Second Schedule of the Section 106 Agreement dated 31 October 2019 attached to planning permission CB/17/02575/OUT.
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- 19 Jan 2026
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- 14 Jul 2026
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- 6 Feb 2026
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Great Thickthorn Farm, Thickthorn Lane, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3NQ
Outline Application: Creation of a community café (use classes E(a) and E(b)), changing facilities (use class F2(c)). Erection of residential development for up to 42 dwellings (use class C3) and all associated development including vehicular access, pedestrian and cycle links, public open space, car parking, landscaping, drainage and associated works, following the demolition of existing buildings. All matters reserved except for access.
- Received
- 17 Nov 2022
- Decided
- 22 Mar 2023
- Outcome
- Approved
- Homes
- 42