Planning application
Phase 4, Parcel 1, Houghton Regis North 1, Sundon Road, Houghton Regis, LU5 5GX
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 8, 24, 26, 29, 32, 33 & 35 against planning permission CB/12/03613/OUT (Outline planning permission with the details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved for later determination. Development to comprise: up to 5,150 dwellings (Use Class C3); up to 202,500 sqm gross of additional development in Use Classes: A1, A2, A3 (retail), A4 (public house), A5 (take away); B1, B2, B8 (offices, industrial and storage and distribution); C1 (hotel), C2 (care home), D1 and D2 (community and leisure); car showroom; data centre; petrol filling station; car parking; primary substation; energy centre; and for the laying out of the buildings; routes and open spaces within the development; and all associated works and operations including but not limited to: demolition; earthworks; engineering operations. All development, works and operations to be in accordance with the Development Parameters Schedule and Plans.)
As published by the council, reference CB/25/03288/DOC
Application record
- Reference
- CB/25/03288/DOC
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Discharge of Condition Decision Released
- Received
- 15 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 4 Aug 2026
- Parish
- Houghton Regis, Chalton
- Postcode
- LU5 5GX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Oct 2025
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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16 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition Decision Released
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
32 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 4 August 2026, 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 condition discharge and variation applications
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.
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