Planning application
Land North East Of Westwood AD Plant Bedford Road Rushden
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
(This application is not being determined by Bedford Borough Council. Please contact the Applicant for details or to make comments) Construction and operation of a broiler rearing unit with six linked poultry buildings and ancillary structures comprising fifteen grain silos, three crumb feed silos, three feed blending houses, two water tanks with an associated pump house, two gas storage tanks, an electricity substation, switch room and standby generator with fuel tank, a weigh room, a welfare block, a cold store and incinerator, a boiler house and storage building, a security gatehouse and associated hardstanding, with boundary fencing, landscape, planting and flood attenuation works and an upgrading of an existing vehicular access track extending to the south-west to an existing anaerobic digestion plant access road. (revised scheme to 17/01328/FUL) To view online go to www.northnorthants.gov.uk/papps
As published by the council, reference 26/01346/LPA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01346/LPA
- Status
- Decided - Permitted
- Decision
- No objection
- Received
- 2 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 3 Aug 2026
- Parish
- Out Of Area Parish
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jul 2026
Received by Bedford
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Aug 2026
Decision issued: No objection
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8 Aug 2026
Status changed to Decided - Permitted
Previously Awaiting decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 21/02360/LPA (Decided - Permitted)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
North Northamptonshire Council Applicant
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See their track recordWhat this grant of permission means
Bedford granted permission on 3 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About this record
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