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Land Adj Mill Heights 40 Chequers Hill Wilden Bedford MK44 2QH

03/00064/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 7 April 2003

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of land from highway land to residential garden (curtilage)

Received
9 January 2003
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Wyboston
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 88 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Adj Mill Heights 40 Chequers Hill Wilden Bedford MK44 2QH. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Wyboston. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.

71% of amendment 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 2QH
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilden

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2003
Consultation expiry
14 February 2003
Consultation start
12 February 2003
Consultation end
14 February 2003
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2003
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2003
Target decision date
6 March 2003
Committee meeting
7 April 2003
Decision issued
10 April 2003
Permission expires
10 April 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Harpur Street Bedford MK40 1PF

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2003
    13 Aug

    Change of use of land from highway land to residential garden (curtilage) - discharge of condition 3 of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions03/02206/AOC
  2. 2003
    9 Jan

    Change of use of land from highway land to residential garden (curtilage)

    This applicationApprovedAmendment03/00064/COU

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