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Land East of Ampthill Road and North of Bedford Road surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Houghton Conquest

Granted Central Bedfordshire CB/25/03747/DOC Discharge of Condition

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 13, 14, 19 & 40 against planning permission CB/17/02575/OUT(Outline application (with all matters reserved except access): Mixed use development with access from Ampthill Road and Bedford Road comprising up to 650 dwellings, children's play spaces, a countryside park comprising formal and informal open space and playing pitches, new woodland and other landscape works together with a localised footpath diversion, a site of up to 2.00 hectares for educational use and other associated works and operations including but not limited to demolition, earthworks and engineering operations (including in relation to utilities and drainage).)

As published by the council, reference CB/25/03747/DOC

Application record

Reference
CB/25/03747/DOC
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Discharge of Condition Decision Released
Received
24 Nov 2025
Validated
25 Nov 2025
Decided
28 Apr 2026
Parish
Houghton Conquest

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Nov 2025

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 25 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Discharge of Condition Decision Released

  4. 9 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

26 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 28 April 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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