Planning application
15 Bridge Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1AH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Approval for change of use commercial/business/service to dwellinghouses: Change of use of the first floor from office (use class E) to dwellinghouse (use class C3).
As published by the council, reference CB/26/00510/PAEC
Application record
- Reference
- CB/26/00510/PAEC
- Type
- P.Notif. Comm (Class E) to Dwellinghouse
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Granted
- Received
- 16 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 25 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 20 Apr 2026
- Parish
- Leighton-Linslade
- Decision by
- Officer Delegated
- Postcode
- LU7 1AH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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CB/26/01602/DOC Granted
15 Bridge Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1AH
Discharge of Conditions 2 and 3 against planning permission ref. CB/26/00510/PAEC (Prior Approval for change of use commercial/business/service to dwellinghouses: Change of use of the first floor from office (use class E) to dwellinghouse (use class C3).)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Feb 2026
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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25 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted
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9 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 20 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 this record
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