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Houghton Regis north site 1, Land on the Northern Edge of Houghton Regis

Granted Central Bedfordshire CB/25/03311/RM Reserved Matters

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

Reserved Matter: following Outline Application 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.) Reserved matters for Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale on an 80 bedroom residential care home (C2 use) and 26 assisted living units (C2 use) with associated access and landscaping

As published by the council, reference CB/25/03311/RM

Application record

Reference
CB/25/03311/RM
Type
Reserved Matters
Status
Decided
Decision
Reserved Matters- Granted
Received
16 Oct 2025
Validated
24 Oct 2025
Decided
24 Jul 2026
Parish
Chalton, Houghton Regis
Decision by
Officer Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register

This site has had 9 applications since 2020: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • CB/26/01694/DOC Awaiting decision

    Houghton Regis North Site 1, Land on the northern edge of Houghton Regis

    Discharge of Condition(s) 8,20,25,26,29,32,33 and 35 against planning permission ref. 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)

    Submitted 28 May 2026 Conditions
  • CB/26/01153/DOC Decided

    Houghton Regis North Site 1, land on the northern edge of Houghton Regis

    Discharge of Conditions 32 & 33 against planning application ref. 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.)

    Decided 14 May 2026 Conditions
  • CB/24/02469/DOC Decided

    Houghton Regis North Site 1, Land on the northern edge of Houghton Regis

    Discharge of Conditions 22 and 23 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))

    Decided 1 Nov 2024 Conditions
  • CB/24/02120/NMA Granted

    Houghton Regis North Site 1, Land on the Northern Edge of Houghton Regis

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/12/03613/OUT (Mixed Development, supported by an Environmental Statement, which was submitted to the council during the application's determination process. Reserved Matters sought for Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for 100 homes and retail units (Use Class E)) Amendment sought: External doors for refuse and cycle store amended to include louvres, PV cells added to roof.

    Decided 9 Aug 2024 Amendments
  • CB/21/03313/MOC Granted

    Houghton Regis North Site 1 Land on the Northern edge of Houghton Regis

    Modification of planning condition 17 relating to construction working hours on planning permission CB/12/03613/OUT (5,150 dwellings and mixed uses developments) revised working hours 8.30am -18.00pm on Saturdays and no working Sundays or Bank Holidays from the 17/07/2021 to 25/09/2021

    Decided 26 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • CB/21/02525/DOC Decided

    Houghton Regis North Site 1 Land on the northern edge of Houghton Regis

    Discharge of Condition 2 against planning permission CB/20/03741/RM ( Reserved Matters: following Outline application CB/12/03613/OUT up to 5,150 dwellings and open spaces within the development; in accordance with the Development Parameters Schedule and Plans. Provision of adventure playground equipment along with seating, and hard and soft landscaping, on land adjacent to The Farmstead, within AMP2)

    Decided 9 Aug 2021 Conditions
  • CB/21/00246/DOC Decided

    Houghton Regis North Site 1, Land on the northern edge of Houghton Regis

    Discharge of Conditions 22 & 23 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 5150 dwellings (Use Class C3); up to 202500 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)

    Decided 16 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • CB/20/03903/DOC Decided

    Houghton Regis North Site 1, Land on the northern edge of Houghton Regis

    Discharge of Condition 9 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)

    Decided 19 Jul 2021 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Oct 2025

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 24 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 24 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Reserved Matters- Granted

  5. 25 Jul 2026

    Status changed to Pending

    Previously Registered.

Documents

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What this grant of permission means

Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 24 July 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 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.

In Central Bedfordshire

  • CB/26/00109/RM Granted

    Great Thickthorn Farm, Thickthorn Lane, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3NQ

    Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/22/04494/OUT (Creation of a community café (use classes E(a) and E(b)), changing facilities (use class F2(c)). Erection of residential development for up to 42 dwellings (use class C3) and all associated development including vehicular access, pedestrian and cycle links, public open space, car parking, landscaping, drainage and associated works, following the demolition of existing buildings. All matters reserved except for access.) Approval of reserved matters for Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for 42 dwellings, the community cafe and changing facilities, with discharge of conditions 11, 13, and part A of condition 5.

    14 Jan 2026 Reserved matters
  • CB/25/03319/RM Granted

    Phase 4, Parcel 6, Houghton Regis North 1, Sundon Road, Houghton Regis, LU5 5GX

    Reserved Matters: following Outline Application 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.) Approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 107 dwellings at Phase 4, Parcel 6.

    16 Oct 2025 Reserved matters
  • CB/25/03320/RM Granted

    Phase 4 Parcel 1, Houghton Regis North 1, Sundon Road, Houghton Regis

    Reserved Matters following Outline Application (CB/12/03613/OUT) for 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. Approval of all reserved matters for 58 dwellings.

    17 Oct 2025 Reserved matters
  • CB/26/01041/RM Awaiting decision

    91 London Road, Sandy, SG19 1DH

    Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/23/03546/OUT (Demolition of existing buildings / structures. Erection of an 80-bedroom care home (Use Class C2), with a sub-station, access, car parking, servicing and other associated works. Reserved matters for landscaping.

    31 Mar 2026 Reserved matters
  • CB/25/01667/RM Awaiting decision

    Land adjoining Taymer Nursing Home, Barton Road, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4QP

    Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/21/03406/OUT (Outline Application: Redevelopment to provide a retirement community (Use Class C2) consisting of up to 165 extra care homes (12 houses and 153 apartments) 223 parking spaces and ancillary community hub (including health, leisure, community and catering facilities) set around a garden square. Access only) Reserved matters for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale

    20 May 2025 Reserved matters