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Land south of St Neots Road, Bedford incl. land to north-east and west of existing Willington Lock Quarry extraction area, the existing Willington Lock Quarry and mineral processing plant site

Awaiting decision Central Bedfordshire CB/25/03018/MWS Minerals & Waste Schemes

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to Condition 23 (detailed final restoration scheme); Condition 24 (land drainage for restored site); Condition 25 (five-year agricultural aftercare scheme); and Condition 26 (five-year aftercare scheme for nature conservation, woodland and amenity afteruse areas) with respect to Planning Permission ref. CB/22/02558/MW.

As published by the council, reference CB/25/03018/MWS

Application record

Reference
CB/25/03018/MWS
Type
Minerals & Waste Schemes
Status
Registered
Received
23 Sep 2025
Validated
23 Sep 2025
Parish
Moggerhanger

Site history

Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024.

  • CB/26/02138/MWS Awaiting decision

    Land South of St Neots Road, Bedford Incl. land to North-East and West of existing Willington Lock Quarry Extraction Area, the existing Willington Lock Quarry and Mineral Processing Plant Site

    Annual Monitoring Report (covering the period Jan Dec 2025) in connection with approved Hydrometric Monitoring, Mitigation and Maintenance Scheme and approved water quality monitoring and maintenance plan (annual reporting requirement under conditions 18 and 19 of Central Bedfordshire permission ref. CB/22/02558/MW and conditions 32 and 33 of Bedford Borough permission ref. 22/01468/EIAWM).

    Submitted 23 Jun 2026 Other
  • CB/24/03497/MWS Withdrawn

    Land south of St Neots Road, Bedford incl. land to north-east and west of existing Willington Lock Quarry extraction area, the existing Willington Lock Quarry and mineral processing plant site

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 7 of Planning Permission ref. CB/22/02558/MW in respect of limits of extraction/phase boundaries (phase 5 only).

    Decided 25 Jun 2026 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Sep 2025

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Central Bedfordshire took a median of 71 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

18 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Central Bedfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Central Bedfordshire decided less common application types in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About less common application types

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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