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Land and buildings at Elstow Storage Depot, (now Wixams development), Ampthill Road, Houghton Conquest

Granted Central Bedfordshire CB/24/02361/NMA Non-material Change to Permission

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

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/11/02182/VOC (Variation of Condition: Variation of Condition 20(i) on planning permission MB/99/01694/OUT dated 2 June 2006 to read "the total net retail sales floor area of the foodstore hereby permitted shall not exceed 5,500sqm provided that no more than 2,500 sqm of the net retail sales area is to comprise comparison goods floorspace.) Amendment sought; 1) Amendment of the description of development so it includes the original description of development (to match the requisite Bedford Borough description), and to remove the specific references to use classes within the description; 2) Amend the 'Development Parameters' set out on the decision notice as follows: Amend reference to B1 use to state 'E(g)'. Add reference to the health centre, and Replace the reference to Classes A1, A2 and A3/A4/A5 with a total of Class E floorspace, hot food takeaway (now sui generis) space and public house space. 3) Amend condition 18v in line with the parameter changes described in point 2 above, and deletion of criteria iii which is no longer considered relevant. 4) Amendment of condition 19 to replace reference to former use class A1 with use class E(a)

As published by the council, reference CB/24/02361/NMA

Application record

Reference
CB/24/02361/NMA
Type
Non-material Change to Permission
Status
Decided externally
Decision
Granted As published: Non-Material Amendment - Granted
Received
9 Aug 2024
Validated
12 Aug 2024
Decided
10 Sep 2024
Parish
Houghton Conquest
Decision by
Officer Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • CB/25/04024/RM Awaiting decision

    Land and buildings at Elstow Storage Depot, (now Wixams development), Ampthill Road, Houghton Conquest

    Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/11/02182/VOC (Variation of Condition: Variation of Condition 20(i) on planning permission MB/99/01694/OUT dated 2 June 2006 to read "the total net retail sales floor area of the foodstore hereby permitted shall not exceed 5,500sqm provided that no more than 2,500 sqm of the net retail sales area is to comprise comparison goods floorspace.) Approval of Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for the car park

    Submitted 22 Dec 2025 Reserved matters

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Aug 2024

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 12 Aug 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Non-Material Amendment - Granted

  4. 9 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 10 September 2024, 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 amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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