| Details of Planning Application -
CB/26/00538/PAEC |
| Application registered | Consultation period | Awaiting decision | Decided | Appeal | Appeal decided |
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| Application Type: | P.Notif. Comm (Class E) to Dwellinghouse |
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| Date Received: | 17
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02
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2026 |
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| Registration (Validation) Date: | 18
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02
/
2026 |
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| Consultation Start Date: | 18
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02
/
2026 |
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| Earliest Decision Date (Consultation Period Expires): | 11
/
05
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2026 |
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| Target Date for Decision: | 15
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04
/
2026 |
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| Location: | Wentworth House, 83 High Street North, Dunstable, LU6 1JJ |
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| Parish Name: | Dunstable |
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| Conservation Area: | Dunstable |
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| Listed Building Grade: | Ecclesiastical Two |
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| Environmental Assessment: | Not available |
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| Expected Decision Level: | Not available |
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| Description: | Change of use from commercial/business/service (Class E) to dwellinghouses (Class C3): Conversion of ground, first and second floors to create 7 self-contained residential units. |
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| Case Officer: | Fenella Hackney |
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| Case Officer Tel: | 0300 300 4389 |
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| Case Officer Email: | fenella.hackney@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk |
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| Status: | Decided |
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| Agent: | Paul Allen |
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| 3 Amherst Rise |
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| Maulden |
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| Bedford |
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| MK45 2RF |
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| Press Date: | No date |
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| Site Notice Date: | 10
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03
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2026 |
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| Neighbours | Responses Received:
0 |
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| and Representatives: | In Favour:
0 |
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| Representation Details | Against:
0 |
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| Comments:
0 |
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| Petitions Against:
0 |
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| Petitions For:
0 |
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| Officer Site Visit Date: | 10/03/2026 |
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| Committee Site Visit Date: | No date |
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| Committee Meeting Date: | No date |
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| Decision Level: | Officer Delegated |
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| Date Decision Made: | 21
/
05
/
2026 |
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| Date Decision Despatched: | 21
/
05
/
2026 |
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| Decision: | Prior Approval - Approved Change Of Use |
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| Conditions or Reasons: | View Conditions or Reasons |
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| Informative Notes: | | 1
)This approval relates only to that required under the Town & Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment or under the Building Regulations. Any other consent or approval which is necessary must be obtained from the appropriate authority.This approval relates only to that required under the Town & Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment or under the Building Regulations. Any other consent or approval which is necessary must be obtained from the appropriate authority. |
| 2
)Regulation 75 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 imposes a condition on any permission granted by the General Permitted Development Order (GDPO) that is likely to have a significant effect on a European Site (Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation) must not commence until the developer has received written notification of the approval of the local planning authority under Regulation 77.
This means that any development granted under the GPDO that will result in creation of new dwellings cannot lawfully proceed until Regulation 77 is satisfied. This includes all development that has received Prior Approval consent under the GPDO but has not been completed.
The process for this is to submit to the planning authority sufficient information for it to enable an assessment to take place, via the following link Details | Application for written notification of the approval of the local planning authority under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017. There is no statutory application form to be completed, but there is a requirement in the Regulations to pay £31 at the time of application. Central Bedfordshire Council will then inform Natural England of the application, who will be given a period to make comments, and will take these comments into account.
Following approval of the draft Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Mitigation Strategy by the Council's Executive Committee on 7th February 2023, the final Mitigation Strategy has now been published on the Council website.
The Mitigation Strategy details six open spaces which the Council has successfully secured as Strategic Alternative Green Spaces (SANGs) to mitigate the impact of development in parts of southern Central Bedfordshire on the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation. The full Strategy document can be found on the Council website: View or download the mitigation strategy (PDF).
For development which cannot provide its own SANG, applicants who wish to make use of the Council's Mitigation Strategy to satisfy Regulation 75 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in relation to their Prior Approval applications will need to complete a Unilateral Undertaking agreement which secures contributions to the Strategy. This will comprise of contributions to Part A (SAMM), Part B (SANG), as well as fees to cover monitoring and legal costs.
Once contributions to the Mitigation Strategy have been agreed, we will then be able to consult Natural England and the Council's Legal Officers prior to issuing any written approval with respect to Regulation 77.Regulation 75 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 imposes a condition on any permission granted by the General Permitted Development Order (GDPO) that is likely to have a significant effect on a European Site (Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation) must not commence until the developer has received written notification of the approval of the local planning authority under Regulation 77.
This means that any development granted under the GPDO that will result in creation of new dwellings cannot lawfully proceed until Regulation 77 is satisfied. This includes all development that has received Prior Approval consent under the GPDO but has not been completed.
The process for this is to submit to the planning authority sufficient information for it to enable an assessment to take place, via the following link Details | Application for written notification of the approval of the local planning authority under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017. There is no statutory application form to be completed, but there is a requirement in the Regulations to pay £31 at the time of application. Central Bedfordshire Council will then inform Natural England of the application, who will be given a period to make comments, and will take these comments into account.
Following approval of the draft Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Mitigation Strategy by the Council's Executive Committee on 7th February 2023, the final Mitigation Strategy has now been published on the Council website.
The Mitigation Strategy details six open spaces which the Council has successfully secured as Strategic Alternative Green Spaces (SANGs) to mitigate the impact of development in parts of southern Central Bedfordshire on the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation. The full Strategy document can be found on the Council website: View or download the mitigation strategy (PDF).
For development which cannot provide its own SANG, applicants who wish to make use of the Council's Mitigation Strategy to satisfy Regulation 75 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in relation to their Prior Approval applications will need to complete a Unilateral Undertaking agreement which secures contributions to the Strategy. This will comprise of contributions to Part A (SAMM), Part B (SANG), as well as fees to cover monitoring and legal costs.
Once contributions to the Mitigation Strategy have been agreed, we will then be able to consult Natural England and the Council's Legal Officers prior to issuing any written approval with respect to Regulation 77. |
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| Appeal Received Date: | This case has no appeals against it |
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| Planning Obligation Status: | Not available |
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