Planning application
Phase 4, Parcels 4 and 5 - Houghton Regis North Site 1, Land on the northern edge of Houghton Regis
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
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3 Jun 2026
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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4 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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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Open the documentsWhat 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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