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Former Flitwick Hand Car Wash, Land adjacent to 1 High Street, Flitwick, Bedford, MK45 1DU

Refused Central Bedfordshire CB/23/01144/VOC Variation of Condition

Works: Extension

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Variation of condition number 4 of planning permission CB/21/05143/FULL (Change of use to hand car wash and first floor extension to create an office and conversion of ground floor to cafe/ takeaway (part retrospective). Erection of 4 metre high boundary treatment along northern boundary adjacent to car wash access.) Variation sought to take away opening hours/days. Retrospective.

As published by the council, reference CB/23/01144/VOC

Application record

Reference
CB/23/01144/VOC
Type
Variation of Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Variation of Condition - Refused
Received
3 Apr 2023
Validated
25 Apr 2023
Decided
11 Jun 2025
Parish
Flitwick
Decision by
Officer Delegated
Postcode
MK45 1DU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Apr 2023

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 25 Apr 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Jun 2025

    Decision issued: Variation of Condition - Refused

  4. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

11 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

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 amendment applications

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