The Old Saddlery College Street Kempston Bedford MK42 8LU

05/01638/S73Variation of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 September 2005

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of industrial units, erection of 30x2 bed flats including access and siting. Variation of conditions 4 & 12 of planning permission 02/01164/S73 in respect of the commencement of development and land contamination.

Received: 24 June 2005
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Kempston Central And East

ReceivedReceived24 Jun
ValidatedValidated24 Jun
Consult.Consultation18 Oct
TargetTarget Date19 Aug
DecidedDecided26 Sep

Decided in 94 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Old Saddlery College Street Kempston Bedford MK42 8LU. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 6 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

87% of conditions 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 8LU
Application type: Variation of Condition
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 June 2005
Consultation expiry: 18 October 2005
Consultation start: 29 June 2005
Consultation end: 18 October 2005
Neighbour consultation start: 27 September 2005
Neighbour consultation end: 18 October 2005
Target decision date: 19 August 2005
Committee meeting: 26 September 2005
Decision issued: 27 September 2005
Permission expires: 27 September 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 33a St Peters Street Bedford MK40 2PN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 2

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.

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