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35 Bunyan Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8HL

04/03324/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 31 January 2005

Council decision: Permit subject to a Planning ObligationPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Erection of 12 flats following demolition of existing building.

Received
16 December 2004
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kempston Central And East
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 35 Bunyan Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8HL. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 8HL
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
12
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2004
Consultation expiry
11 February 2005
Consultation start
15 February 2005
Consultation end
13 January 2005
Neighbour consultation start
21 December 2004
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2005
Target decision date
10 February 2005
Committee meeting
31 January 2005
Decision issued
6 July 2005
Permission expires
6 July 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
52 Bunyan Road Kempston Bedford MK42 8LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 January 2005
Advertisement expiry
11 February 2005

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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  3. 2006
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  4. 2006
    6 Jul

    Erection of 12 flats following demolition of existing building. Discharge of conditions 2 and 5 of planning…

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  5. 2004
    16 Dec

    Erection of 12 flats following demolition of existing building.

    This applicationApprovedFull04/03324/FUL

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