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Bryant's Lane and Reach Lane Quarries, Bryant's Lane, Heath & Reach, Leighton Buzzard

Awaiting decision Central Bedfordshire CB/26/02344/MW Minerals & Waste Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Extraction of sand; installation of new mineral processing plant; progressive restoration of site by infilling with an estimated 3.9Mm3 of imported inert material without compliance with condition 1 (approved drawings) of planning permission no. CB/19/01753/MW granted on 12 June 2023 to allow the retention of fencing (retrospective). (Application made under Section 73 of Town and Country Planning Act 1990).

As published by the council, reference CB/26/02344/MW

Application record

Reference
CB/26/02344/MW
Type
Minerals & Waste Application
Status
Registered
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Parish
Heath & Reach

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Jul 2026

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 14 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 September 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

12 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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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 less common application types in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About less common application types

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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