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New Trees Quarry, Shenley Hill Road, Leighton Buzzard

Awaiting decision Central Bedfordshire CB/26/02471/MWS Minerals & Waste Schemes

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

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 14 (infilling of void) of planning permission 26/1969: Extraction of sand from about 40.7 acres of land.

As published by the council, reference CB/26/02471/MWS

Application record

Reference
CB/26/02471/MWS
Type
Minerals & Waste Schemes
Status
Registered
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Parish
Heath & Reach, Leighton-Linslade

Site history

Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • CB/26/01431/MWS Awaiting decision

    New Trees Quarry, Shenley Hill Road, Leighton Buzzard

    Discharge of Condition 10 (Landscaping scheme) of planning permission 26/1969: Extraction of sand from about 40.7 acres of land.

    Submitted 6 May 2026 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 May 2026

    Received by Central Bedfordshire

  2. 7 Aug 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 14 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 2 October 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

13 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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