Planning application
Mead Open Farm, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan against planning permission ref CB/25/04018/FULL
As published by the council, reference CB/26/02238/BNG
Application record
- Reference
- CB/26/02238/BNG
- Type
- Biodiversity Net Gain Discharge of Cond.
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- BNG Approved
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 10 Aug 2026
- Parish
- Stanbridge
- Postcode
- LU7 9JH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register
This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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CB/26/01600/DOC Granted
Mead Open Farm, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
Discharge of Conditions 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 against planning permission ref. CB/25/04018/FULL (Erection of a building with solar panels to accommodate additional farm-based childcare nursery space for up to 52 children, including associated infrastructure, landscaping and enclosed outdoor play area)
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CB/25/04018/FULL Granted
Mead Open Farm, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
Erection of a building with solar panels to accommodate additional farm-based childcare nursery space for up to 52 children, including associated infrastructure, landscaping and enclosed outdoor play area
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CB/23/03423/EPD Decided
Mead Open Farm, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
Electricity Works Permitted Development: GRP Substation under the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 2015 Class B Part 15)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jul 2026
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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15 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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10 Aug 2026
Decision issued: BNG Approved
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Central Bedfordshire granted permission on 10 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.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Land to the Rear of Plot 10, The Stables, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
Proposed retention of 1 Static Caravan, 1 Touring Caravan and 1 Day Room
Refused Full applications 17 docs -
Plot 4, The Stables, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
Variation of condition 5 of planning permission CB/09/05201/FULL (Retention of caravan site for one Gypsy family with 3 caravans, including hard standing and landscaping) The site to contain 3 additional static caravans, 2 additional touring Caravans, with associated parking and infrastructure. Condition 5 changed to: No more than six caravans, as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968 (of which no more than three shall be a static caravans or mobile homes) shall be stationed on the site at any time.
Withdrawn Amendments 10 docs -
Site C, The Stables, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
83% historically approved · decision due ~14 Jan
Retention of 3 gypsy and traveller pitches comprising of 3 day rooms/stables and 6 static caravans (retrospective).
Awaiting decision Full applications 22 docs -
Site A, The Stables, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
Continued use of land as a Gypsy & Traveller site for 7 families with stationing of 16 static caravans & 2 tourer caravans and retention of hardstanding & boundary treatments.
Refused Full applications 17 docs -
Plot 3, Ash Tree Paddock, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH
Additional pitch to contain one static caravan, one touring caravan, parking for one vehicle with associated hardstanding
Granted Full applications 28 docs -
Plot 6 and Plot 7 The Stables, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington LU7 9JH
Change of use of former agricultural land to provide six residential Gypsy and Traveller pitches, each pitch to include the siting of a mobile home, touring caravan, amenity block and bin store including associated groundworks and landscaping.
Granted Full applications 39 docs
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