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Phase 4, Parcels 4 and 5 - Houghton Regis North Site 1, Land on the northern edge of Houghton Regis

Awaiting decision Central Bedfordshire CB/26/01772/DOC Discharge of Condition

Works: Demolition Major scheme

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Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 2 to 6, 15, 17 to 21, 23 and 24 against planning permission ref. CB/25/03400/RM (Reserved Matters: following Outline application CB/12/03613/OUT (Outline planning permission with the details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved for later determination. Development to comprise: up to 5,150 dwellings (Use Class C3); up to 202,500 sqm gross of additional development in Use Classes: A1, A2, A3 (retail), A4 (public house), A5 (take away); B1, B2, B8 (offices, industrial and storage and distribution); C1 (hotel), C2 (care home), D1 and D2 (community and leisure); car showroom; data centre; petrol filling station; car parking; primary substation; energy centre; and for the laying out of the buildings; routes and open spaces within the development; and all associated works and operations including but not limited to: demolition; earthworks; engineering operations. All development, works and operations to be in accordance with the Development Parameters Schedule and Plans.). Approval of Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for 259 dwellings and associated works.)

As published by the council, reference CB/26/01772/DOC

Application record

Reference
CB/26/01772/DOC
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Registered
Received
3 Jun 2026
Validated
4 Jun 2026
Parish
Houghton Regis

Comment by 21 September 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Central Bedfordshire through their own planning portal.

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Jun 2026

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 4 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 30 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Central Bedfordshire took a median of 71 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

70 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Central Bedfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Central Bedfordshire decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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