Planning application
Snakes Meadow, West End, Stagsden, Bedford MK43 8SX
Relates to CB/21/04086/FULL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission (CB/21/04086/FULL - the construction, installation, operation and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photo voltaic solar arrays together with substation compound,inverters, transformer station,cable trench, point of connection infrastructure,internal access track, landscaping, biodiversity measures, permissive footpath, security fencing, security measures, access improvements and ancillary infrastructure. At the end of decommissioning, the permissive footpath would be removed The majority of the application site lies within the administrative boundary of Bedford Borough Council, but an area of the site allocated as green space lies within Central Bedfordshire Council). Amendments sought to the other land parcels in Bedford Borough and Milton keynes associated with the solar farm, including a slight shift in the substation position, amendments to landscaping and re-routing of the access track.
As published by the council, reference CB/26/00872/NMA
Application record
- Reference
- CB/26/00872/NMA
- Type
- Non-material Change to Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Non-Material Amendment - Granted
- Received
- 17 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 24 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jun 2026
- Parish
- Cranfield
- Decision by
- Officer Delegated
- Postcode
- MK43 8SX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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CB/26/00863/SDOC Decided
Snakes Meadow, West End, Stagsden, Bedford MK43 8SX
Discharge of Section 106 agreement obligations attached to planning permission CB/21/04086/FULL (The construction, installation, operation and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photo voltaic solar arrays together with substation compound,inverters, transformer station,cable trench, point of connection infrastructure,internal access track, landscaping, biodiversity measures, permissive footpath, security fencing, security measures, access improvements and ancillary infrastructure. At the end of decommissioning, the permissive footpath would be removed. The majority of the application site lies within the administrative boundary of Bedford Borough Council, but an area of the site allocated as green space lies within Central Bedfordshire Council) Discharge in relation to a Skylark Mitigation Strategy
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CB/21/04086/FULL Granted
Snakes Meadow, West End, Stagsden, Bedford MK43 8SX
The construction, installation, operation and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photo voltaic solar arrays together with substation compound,inverters, transformer station,cable trench, point of connection infrastructure,internal access track, landscaping, biodiversity measures, permissive footpath, security fencing, security measures, access improvements and ancillary infrastructure. At the end of decommissioning, the permissive footpath would be removed The majority of the application site lies within the administrative boundary of Bedford Borough Council, but an area of the site allocated as green space lies within Central Bedfordshire Council.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Mar 2026
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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24 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Non-Material Amendment - Granted
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9 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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CB/21/04086/FULL Granted
Snakes Meadow, West End, Stagsden, Bedford MK43 8SX
The construction, installation, operation and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photo voltaic solar arrays together with substation compound,inverters, transformer station,cable trench, point of connection infrastructure,internal access track, landscaping, biodiversity measures, permissive footpath, security fencing, security measures, access improvements and ancillary infrastructure. At the end of decommissioning, the permissive footpath would be removed The majority of the application site lies within the administrative boundary of Bedford Borough Council, but an area of the site allocated as green space lies within Central Bedfordshire Council.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Snakes Meadow, West End, MK43 8SX
Approval of details required by conditions 5 (Overland Flow Scheme), 6 (Landscape Mitigation Scheme), 7 (Landscape Management & Maintenance Plan), 8 (Arboricultural Method Statement), 11 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan), 12 (Construction and Ecological Management Plan) and 13 (Non-Licensed Method Statement for Great Crested Newts) of permission ref. 21/02760/FUL
Split decision Conditions 14 docs -
Snakes Meadow, West End, Stagsden, Bedford MK43 8SX
The construction, installation, operation and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photo voltaic solar arrays together with substation compound,inverters, transformer station,cable trench, point of connection infrastructure,internal access track, landscaping, biodiversity measures, permissive footpath, security fencing, security measures, access improvements and ancillary infrastructure. At the end of decommissioning, the permissive footpath would be removed The majority of the application site lies within the administrative boundary of Bedford Borough Council, but an area of the site allocated as green space lies within Central Bedfordshire Council.
Granted Full applications 83 docs -
Snakes Meadow, West End, Stagsden, Bedford MK43 8SX
Discharge of Section 106 agreement obligations attached to planning permission CB/21/04086/FULL (The construction, installation, operation and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photo voltaic solar arrays together with substation compound,inverters, transformer station,cable trench, point of connection infrastructure,internal access track, landscaping, biodiversity measures, permissive footpath, security fencing, security measures, access improvements and ancillary infrastructure. At the end of decommissioning, the permissive footpath would be removed. The majority of the application site lies within the administrative boundary of Bedford Borough Council, but an area of the site allocated as green space lies within Central Bedfordshire Council) Discharge in relation to a Skylark Mitigation Strategy
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