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Hill Farm Barford Hill Wilden Bedford MK44 2QG

02/02614/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 17 March 2003

Council decision: Refuse PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolish existing equestrian centre, construct replacement centre, form new access and car park.

Received
31 October 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Z - Former Wyboston Ward
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 137 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hill Farm Barford Hill Wilden Bedford MK44 2QG. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 13 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 690 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.

77% of full applications at Bedford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
MK44 2QG
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilden

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2002
Consultation expiry
18 February 2003
Consultation start
18 November 2002
Consultation end
29 November 2002
Neighbour consultation start
28 January 2003
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2003
Target decision date
26 December 2002
Committee meeting
17 March 2003
Decision issued
18 March 2003
Permission expires
18 March 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
31 St Neots Road Eaton Ford St Neots Cambs. PE19 3BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Lion FieldOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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