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Land East Of Ampthill Road And North Of Bedford Road Surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest

Granted Central Bedfordshire CB/21/02177/DOC Discharge of Condition

Works: Demolition Major scheme

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

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 4 against planning permission CB/17/02575/OUT (Mixed use development with access from Ampthill Road and Bedford Road comprising up to 650 dwellings, children's play spaces, a countryside park comprising formal and informal open space and playing pitches, new woodland and other landscape works together with a localised footpath diversion, a site of up to 2.00 hectares for educational use and other associated works and operations including but no limited to demolition, earthworks and engineering operations (including in relation to utilities and drainage).

As published by the council, reference CB/21/02177/DOC

Application record

Reference
CB/21/02177/DOC
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Discharge of Condition Decision Released
Received
13 May 2021
Validated
14 May 2021
Decided
27 Sep 2021
Parish
Houghton Conquest

Site history

Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register

This site has had 6 applications since 2021: 6 approved, 0 refused.

  • CB/26/01748/NMA Granted

    Land East Of Ampthill Road And North Of Bedford Road Surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/25/02745/RM (Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/17/02575/OUT (Outline application (with all matters reserved except access): Mixed use development with access from Ampthill Road and Bedford Road comprising up to 650 dwellings, children's play spaces, a countryside park comprising formal and informal open space and playing pitches, new woodland and other landscape works together with a localised footpath diversion, a site of up to 2.00 hectares for educational use and other associated works and operations including but not limited to demolition, earthworks and engineering operations (including in relation to utilities and drainage). Approval of reserved matters for Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) for 299 dwellings, with partial discharge of conditions 25 (Scheme of Noise Attenuation Measures), 26 (Waste Audit Scheme), 31 (Renewable and Low Energy Sources) and 37 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) (For Residential Areas 710)) Amendment sought: Non-material changes to Condition 17 pursuant to the Reserved Matters Approval ref. CB/25/02745/RM. Changes to the window arrangement of Hayton house type.

    Decided 8 Jun 2026 Amendments
  • CB/26/01593/NMA Granted

    Land East Of Ampthill Road And North Of Bedford Road Surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/24/01802/RM (Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/17/02575/OUT (Mixed use development with access from Ampthill Road and Bedford Road comprising up to 650 dwellings and landscaping) Approval of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 351 dwellings with partial discharge of conditions 25 (Scheme of Noise Attenuation Measures), 26 (Waste Audit Scheme), 31 (Renewable and Low Energy Sources) and 37 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) relevant to the Residential Areas 1-6) Amendment sought to changes to condition 18 . Alterations to relevant Hayton plots to change the floor layout affecting the windows

    Decided 5 Jun 2026 Amendments
  • CB/24/02187/NMA Granted

    Land East Of Ampthill Road And North Of Bedford Road Surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/17/02575/OUT (Outline application with all matters reserved except access): Mixed use development with access from Ampthill Road and Bedford Road comprising up to 650 dwellings, children's play spaces, a countryside park comprising formal and informal open space and playing pitches, new woodland and other landscape works together with a localised footpath diversion, a site of up to 2.00 hectares for educational use and other associated works and operations including but not limited to demolition, earthworks and engineering operations (including in relation to utilities and drainage). Amendment sought to the wording of Condition 25 to ensure the correct noise mitigation measures have been implemented.

    Decided 14 Aug 2024 Amendments
  • CB/24/01802/RM Granted

    Land East Of Ampthill Road And North Of Bedford Road Surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest

    Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/17/02575/OUT (Mixed use development with access from Ampthill Road and Bedford Road comprising up to 650 dwellings and landscaping) Approval of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 351 dwellings with partial discharge of conditions 25 (Scheme of Noise Attenuation Measures), 26 (Waste Audit Scheme), 31 (Renewable and Low Energy Sources) and 37 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) relevant to the Residential Areas 1-6

    Decided 27 Nov 2024 Reserved matters
  • CB/21/02182/DOC Granted

    Land East Of Ampthill Road And North Of Bedford Road Surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest

    Discharge of Condition 4 against planning permission CB/17/02575/OUT (Mixed use development with access from Ampthill Road and Bedford Road comprising up to 650 dwellings, children's play spaces, a countryside park comprising formal and informal open space and playing pitches, new woodland and other landscape works together with a localised footpath diversion, a site of up to 2.00 hectares for educational use and other associated works and operations including but not limited to demolition, earthworks and engineering operations (including in relation to utilities and drainage).

    Decided 27 Sep 2021 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 May 2021

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 14 May 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Sep 2021

    Decision issued: Discharge of Condition Decision Released

  4. 24 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 27 September 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.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

In Central Bedfordshire

  • CB/26/02442/DOC Granted

    15 Alameda Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2LJ

    Discharge of Condition 3 against planning permission ref CB/25/03860/LB

    Received 5 Aug, published by the council 18 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • CB/26/02331/DOC Granted

    Whittle Building, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL

    Discharge of Condition 9 against Planning Permission ref. CB/24/02459/FULL

    Received 23 Jul, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • CB/26/01642/DOC Granted

    Land North of Biggleswade, Biggleswade, SG18 0HB

    Discharge of Condition 5 against planning permission ref. CB/24/00999/OUT(Outline Application: Erection of up to 416 dwellings including affordable housing, green infrastructure accommodating landscaping, allotments, community orchard, public open space, children's playspace, new roads, car parking, cycleways and footways, associated infrastructure including a sustainable drainage system, and vehicular accesses from Furzenhall Road and from the roundabout at Potton Road and Baden Powell Way. All matters reserved except for access)

    Received 22 May, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • CB/26/02559/DOC Granted

    Green Farm, Hanscombe End Road, Shillington, Hitchin, SG5 3NA

    Discharge of Condition 3 against planning permission ref. CB/26/01572/LB

    Received 17 Aug, published by the council 28 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • CB/26/02871/DOC Awaiting decision

    Land at Mancroft Road Caddington Beds LU1 4EL

    Discharge of Condition 14 against planning permission CB/19/00469/OUT

    Received 16 Sep, published by the council 24 Sep 2026 Conditions