Planning application
Land at Bury Spinney, Thorn Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JQ
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Reserved Matters: Erection of 77 dwellings, providing full details of reserved matters including appearance, landscaping, scale and layout. Pursuant to Outline Application CB/19/04220/OUT: Residential Development for up to 100 Dwellings with all matters reserved, except access.
As published by the council, reference CB/22/04567/RM
Application record
- Reference
- CB/22/04567/RM
- Type
- Reserved Matters
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Reserved Matters - Refused
- Received
- 22 Nov 2022
- Validated
- 23 Nov 2022
- Decided
- 21 Feb 2023
- Parish
- Houghton Regis
- Decision by
- Officer Delegated
- Postcode
- LU5 6JQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Nov 2022
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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23 Nov 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Feb 2023
Decision issued: Reserved Matters - Refused
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9 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
93 documents on file for this application
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Central Bedfordshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About reserved matters applications
A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Modification of Section 106 Agreement attached to planning permission: CB/19/04220/OUT, CB/22/04525/VOC and CB/23/03551/RM. Modification requested, Viability concerns as detailed within the attached Viability Assessment.
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