Planning application
Vernons Garage, Station Approach, Station Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2NA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate Existing: lawful use of building for car repair.
As published by the council, reference CB/26/02704/LDCE
Application record
- Reference
- CB/26/02704/LDCE
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert - Existing
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 1 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Parish
- Leighton-Linslade
- Postcode
- LU7 2NA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2026
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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2 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 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
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.
Trade members open them from here.
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 lawful development applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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