Planning application
Mundays Hill Quarry, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Approval of conditions 8 (final levels of excavation), 15 (badger survey), 16 (bat survey), 17 (Great Crested Newt survey) and 19 (Soil Handling Scheme) attached to planning permission ref CB/24/03468/MW.
As published by the council, reference CB/25/04060/MWS
Application record
- Reference
- CB/25/04060/MWS
- Type
- Minerals & Waste Schemes
- Status
- Pending
- Decision
- Granted As published: Waste Application - Granted
- Received
- 29 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 15 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 23 Jul 2026
- Parish
- Heath & Reach
- Decision by
- Officer Delegated
- Postcode
- LU7 9LF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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CB/26/00332/MWS Awaiting decision
Mundays Hill Quarry, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Submission of details pursuant to conditions 18 (reinforcement planting), 31 (restoration scheme) and 35 (aftercare) of planning permission CB/24/03468/MW: (Variation of conditions 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 16, 22, 23, 26, 31 and 35 of planning permission CB/19/02297/MW (importation of up 1,700,000m3 of inert fill to create finished contours and implementation of a restoration scheme post fill operations.(NB access arrangements subject to separate plg ref No. CB/19/02296/MW)). Variation sought to reflect the use of an alternative access and haul road and changes to the phasing scheme).
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CB/25/04059/MWS Granted
Mundays Hill Quarry, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Submission Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan pursuant to condition 29 of planning permission CB/24/03465/MW.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Dec 2025
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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15 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Waste Application - Granted
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 23 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 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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Garside Sands, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Variation of condition numbers 6, 7, 8, 10 and 15 of planning permission CB/20/02970/FULL as amended by CB/23/03845/VOC (Construction and operation of an electric vehicle charging station and electric bus depot comprised of, an access road, area of hardstanding for parking with electric vehicle charging equipment and solar powered canopy, additional parking area, a coffee outlet with sedum grass roof, a fenced electric bus compound (with parking, charging equipment, welfare building with sedum grass roof and bus washing equipment) battery storage units, planting and associated electrical equipment). Amendments sought: alterations to car park layout, creation of a drive through route for the Coffee Shop, revised landscaping scheme, revised drainage scheme and revised Arboricultural Statement.
Granted Amendments 41 docs -
Aggregate Industries Uk Ltd, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Discharge of condition 16 (soil storage location) against planning permission CB/16/04588/MW.
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Aggregate Industries Uk Ltd, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Discharge of condition 19 (seeding mix) against planning permission CB/16/04588/MW.
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Aggregate Industries Uk Ltd, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Discharge of Conditions 14 (haul Road), against planning permission CB/16/04588/MW.
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Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, LU7 9LF
82% historically approved · decision due ~11 May
Discharge of Condition 29 - internal Haul Road (Consolidating planning application for the continued winning & working of silica sand from the Mundays Hill Quarry & Churchways Complex encompassing review of old mineral permissions within Eastern Way Complex and winning & working of silica sand from a western extension to Mundays Hill Quarry. Variation of hours for processing at Mundays Hill Processing Plant. Comprehensive restoration of Mundays Hill, Double Arches, Churchways Complex & Nine Acres to predominantly agricultural land & woodland with hedgerows, boundary vegetation and footpath/linkages to allow public access)
Awaiting decision Other Extension 4 docs -
Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, LU7 9LF
82% historically approved · decision due ~11 May
Discharge of Condition 43 Groundwater monitoring - reporting of groundwater and surface water monitoring. (Consolidating planning application for the continued winning & working of silica sand from the Mundays Hill Quarry & Churchways Complex encompassing review of old mineral permissions within Eastern Way Complex and winning & working of silica sand from a western extension to Mundays Hill Quarry. Variation of hours for processing at Mundays Hill Processing Plant. Comprehensive restoration of Mundays Hill, Double Arches, Churchways Complex & Nine Acres to predominantly agricultural land & woodland with hedgerows, boundary vegetation and footpath/linkages to allow public access)
Awaiting decision Other Extension 4 docs
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