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Land North of Stanbridge Road Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

Granted Central Bedfordshire CB/21/00437/FULL Full Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Installation of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array with associated infrastructure

As published by the council, reference CB/21/00437/FULL

Application record

Reference
CB/21/00437/FULL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Full Application - Granted
Received
2 Feb 2021
Validated
11 Feb 2021
Decided
30 Jun 2021
Parish
Tilsworth, Stanbridge, Chalgrave, Eggington, Hockliffe
Decision by
Development Management Committee
Postcode
LU7 9PU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • CB/26/01022/DOC Granted

    Land North of Stanbridge Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard LU7 9PU

    Discharge of Condition 5 against planning permission CB/25/03539/VOC (Variation of condition number 1 of planning permission CB/24/03552/VOC (Variation of condition number 1 of planning permission CB/24/03552/VOC (Variation of condition number 13 of planning permission CB/21/00437/FULL (Installation of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array with associated infrastructure). Reason for variation: Extend the operational period of the solar farm from 30 to 40 years)

    Decided 21 May 2026 Conditions
  • CB/24/02376/NMA Refused

    Land North of Stanbridge Road Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/21/00437/FULL (Installation of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array with associated infrastructure.) amendment sought from tracking PV panels to fixed tilt PV panels and other minor alterations to supporting infrastructure for PV array

    Decided 17 Sep 2024 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Feb 2021

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 11 Feb 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 Jun 2021

    Decision issued: Full Application - Granted

  4. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • CB/26/01022/DOC Granted

    Land North of Stanbridge Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard LU7 9PU

    Discharge of Condition 5 against planning permission CB/25/03539/VOC (Variation of condition number 1 of planning permission CB/24/03552/VOC (Variation of condition number 1 of planning permission CB/24/03552/VOC (Variation of condition number 13 of planning permission CB/21/00437/FULL (Installation of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array with associated infrastructure). Reason for variation: Extend the operational period of the solar farm from 30 to 40 years)

    Decided 21 May 2026 Conditions
  • CB/24/02376/NMA Refused

    Land North of Stanbridge Road Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/21/00437/FULL (Installation of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array with associated infrastructure.) amendment sought from tracking PV panels to fixed tilt PV panels and other minor alterations to supporting infrastructure for PV array

    Decided 17 Sep 2024 Amendments

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

94 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 30 June 2021, 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.

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Nearby applications

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  • The Evergreens, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, LU7 9PU

    CB/24/02161/VOC Submitted 22 Jul 2024 50 yards away

    Variation or removal condition of number 1 of planning permission SB/09/00042/VOC (Variation of conditions 1 and 2 of planning consent SB/TP/06/0741) Permission sought to change the named occupancy or remove the condition - Plot 3.

    Granted Amendments 5 docs

  • Plot 1, The Evergreens, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

    CB/23/00668/NMA Submitted 24 Feb 2023 50 yards away

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/13/03217/FULL (Permission is sought for five additional caravans for Romani Gypsy families on an existing Gypsy site. The site is laid out to six separate sections and permission is sort for an additional static caravan on three of the existing pitches and two caravans (one static) on land at the top of the site. The new pitch to contain one static caravan, one touring caravan and parking for two vehicles with associated hard standing and water treatment plant. This application is part retrospective) - Amendment sought: Division of existing plot 1 into two plots (plots 1 and 1a) each with 1 static caravan, 1 touring caravan and 1 day room

    Withdrawn Amendments 5 docs

  • Kingswood Nursery, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

    CB/25/03318/DOC Submitted 16 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~1 Jan

    Discharge of Condition 8 against planning permission ref. CB/24/01513/VOC (The continued use of land for the stationing of 1 mobile caravan and 1 touring caravan for residential purposes with a new utility/ dayroom for ancillary use) Condition 3 to read as "The use herby permitted shall be limited to one family pitch. No more than 4 caravans, as defined in the Caravan Sites Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968, shall be stationed on the pitch at any one time, and no more than one caravan shall be a static caravan". Condition 9 a with a substitution of plan to revise the site layout pertaining to the siting of two additional touring caravans)

    Awaiting decision Conditions

  • Home Farm, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

    CB/25/03224/FULL Submitted 9 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    82% historically approved · decision due ~18 Mar

    Continued use of land for the retention of 9 Pitches for the siting of 10 static caravans, 9 day rooms and touring caravans, associated vehicle parking and infrastructure (Retrospective)

    Awaiting decision Full applications 27 docs

  • Plot 1A The Evergreens, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

    CB/26/01830/FULL Submitted 8 Jun 2026 50 yards away

    Erection of a day room and re-configuration of the existing site to include a replacement mobile home and touring caravan with associated hardstanding and infrastructure.

    Granted Full applications 29 docs

  • Janrose, 14A Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

    CB/24/03105/LDCP Submitted 28 Oct 2024 50 yards away

    Lawful Development Certificate Proposed : Single storey side extensions

    Withdrawn Lawful development Extension 8 docs
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    Received 4 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Full applications
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    Received 7 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Full applications
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    Received 20 Jul, published by the council 18 Aug 2026 Full applications
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    Received 28 Jul, published by the council 28 Aug 2026 Full applications
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    Garage conversion, with insertion of a front window and increased roof height

    Received 22 Jun, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Full applications