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

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/21/02177/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 no limited to demolition, earthworks and engineering operations (including in relation to utilities and drainage).

  Decided 27 Sep 2021 Conditions

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

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.

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.

• 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