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Unit 1 Saxon Centre 232 Bedford Road Kempston Bedford MK42 8QA

05/01587/FULChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 July 2005

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to hot food take away (Class A5), new shop front & roller shutter.

Received
23 June 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kempston Central And East
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 1 Saxon Centre 232 Bedford Road Kempston Bedford MK42 8QA. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 8QA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2005
Consultation expiry
15 July 2005
Consultation start
23 June 2005
Consultation end
15 July 2005
Neighbour consultation start
23 June 2005
Neighbour consultation end
14 July 2005
Target decision date
18 August 2005
Permission expires
21 July 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Green Fold Manchester M18 8RJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 16 Bunyan Road, KempstonRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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