Planning application
Hyde Sewage Treatment Works, Lower Harpenden Road, Hyde, Luton, LU1 3TR
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Retrospective permission for the erection of Unit 3 (welfare facility), Unit 4 (drying room) and Unit 5 (storage unit).
As published by the council, reference CB/26/00846/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- CB/26/00846/FULL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Full Application - Granted
- Received
- 16 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 15 May 2026
- Decided
- 13 Aug 2026
- Parish
- Hyde
- Decision by
- Officer Delegated
- Postcode
- LU1 3TR
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/26/00850/LDCE Granted
Hyde Sewage Treatment Works, Lower Harpenden Road, Hyde, Luton, LU1 3TR
Lawful Development Certificate Existing: Continued use of two metal storage units (Unit 1 and 2) and one temporary tanked portaloo. 2.4m palisade fencing with a manual gate accessed from Lower Harpenden Road
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Mar 2026
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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15 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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13 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Full Application - Granted
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14 Aug 2026
Status changed to Pending
Previously Registered.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
42 documents on file for this application
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Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 13 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.
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