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1, 2, 3 And 4 Manor Farm Cottages Melchbourne Road Knotting Bedford MK44 1AE

02/03063/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 20 February 2003

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of sewage treatment works

Received
9 January 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sharnbrook
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1,2,3 And 4 Manor Farm Cottages Melchbourne Road Knotting Bedford MK44 1AE. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Sharnbrook. We hold 682 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 1AE
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Knotting And Souldrop

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2003
Consultation expiry
7 February 2003
Consultation start
31 January 2003
Consultation end
7 February 2003
Neighbour consultation start
14 January 2003
Neighbour consultation end
4 February 2003
Target decision date
6 March 2003
Permission expires
20 February 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
118 Bromham Road Bedford MK40 2QN

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.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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