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Planning appeals in Central Bedfordshire

Name: Planning appeal decisions in Central Bedfordshire
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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Central Bedfordshire since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 1,077 planning appeals in Central Bedfordshire since 2016, of which 26% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 120 decisions, 33% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 25 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

1,134

appeals on record since 2016

26%

of decided appeals allowed

25 wks

median receipt to decision

120

decisions in the last 12 months, 33% allowed

By appeal type

Householder253 decided

29% allowed

Minor588 decided

23% allowed

Major92 decided

33% allowed

Commercial7 decided

43% allowed

Enforcement117 decided

10% allowed

Other68 decided

29% allowed

Not classified9 decided

56% allowed

By procedure

Written representations964 decided

24% allowed

Hearings134 decided

19% allowed

Inquiries36 decided

53% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 89 · 34% allowed 2025 · 157 · 27% allowed 2024 · 132 · 20% allowed 2023 · 126 · 29% allowed 2022 · 118 · 23% allowed 2021 · 94 · 19% allowed 2020 · 105 · 23% allowed 2019 · 86 · 28% allowed 2018 · 87 · 22% allowed 2017 · 84 · 29% allowed 2016 · 56 · 36% allowed

Latest decisions in Central Bedfordshire

Allowed21 October 2026· householder6013887
32 Clements End Road, Studham, LU6 2NG
a rear extension incorporating glazed panels, zinc roof and weatherboarding to match existing with roof mounted solar panel cells
Allowed15 October 2026· householder6013065
Parklands,, Church Road,, Sutton,, SG19 2NB
for a part single, part two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
Dismissed15 October 20266010621
The Afnan Library, 14 Pleasant Place, Sandy, SG19 1HX
for replacement windows to existing two storey building
Allowed15 October 2026· major6009682
Land West Of Hurricane Avenue, Lower Stondon, SG16 6NW
up to 115 residential dwellings, affordable housing, vehicular access off Bedford Road and Hurricane Avenue, and provision of public open space with associated landscape planting with associated infrastructure, drainage measures, earthworks and all other associated works
Dismissed9 October 2026· minor6010670
23A High Street North, Dunstable, LU6 1HX
proposed development to comprise the conversion of the first floor level (former first floor lounge and night club premises, use class "Sui Generis") at No 23 High Street North, Dunstable to Class C Residential, comprising 3 no flats accessed via an existing single stairway located at the south western rear corner of site, with resident access gained in the public passageway on the north west between buildings Nos 27 and 29 High Street North. Schedule of proposed flats to comprise: 3 no 2-person 1-bedroom units with gross internal floor areas, ranging between 50 sqm - 61 sqm
Dismissed5 October 20266011642
Land at Markyate Road, Slip End, Luton, LU1 4DG
planning permission for access, erection of four greenhouses for horticultural purposes
Allowed18 September 20263363150
Plot 4, Agricultural Land, Kilnlane & Great Lane, Clophill, Bedfordshire, MK45 4BQ
Dismissed15 September 2026· minor6007334
Hillcrest, Chalton, Luton, LU4 9UB
Residential development comprising a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 9 dwellings
Allowed9 September 20266010929
2 Palma Close, Dunstable, LU6 1BU
Change of use from a 3 bed dwelling (C3a) to a one bed children's care home (C2 residential institution)
Dismissed8 September 2026· minor6009181
Bracken Ley, London Road, Houghton Conquest, MK45 3LP
Redevelopment of the site for 6 residential dwellings
Allowed4 September 2026· minor6010315
The Green Man, The Green, Clophill, MK45 4AD
Erection of 1 No. detached dwelling on land to rear of Green Man PH, with associated parking, landscaping and access from High Street
Allowed4 September 20266010226
A1 Retail Park, London Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8PS
Installation of electrical infrastructure and associated works to support an electric vehicle charging hub
Allowed4 September 20266007202
2 Park Farm, Park Road, Westoning, MK45 5LA
A hay store
Allowed24 August 2026· householder6012587
48 Golden Riddy, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2RJ
two storey rear and single storey side extensions with loft conversion
Dismissed24 August 2026· householder6011573
2 Lincoln Crescent, Biggleswade, SG18 8HW
Retention of a new boundary 1.95m high fence adjacent to an existing highway

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.