41 Foster Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8BT

05/01683/FULFull PlanningApproved

Full

Approved on 29 September 2005

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

New porch to front of building.

Received: 10 August 2005
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Kempston North

ReceivedReceived10 Aug
ValidatedValidated10 Aug
Consult.Consultation31 Aug
TargetTarget Date5 Oct
DecidedDecided29 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 41 Foster Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8BT. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Kempston North. 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 8BT
Application type: Full Planning
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 August 2005
Consultation expiry: 31 August 2005
Consultation start: 10 August 2005
Consultation end: 31 August 2005
Neighbour consultation start: 10 August 2005
Neighbour consultation end: 31 August 2005
Target decision date: 5 October 2005
Permission expires: 29 September 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 8 Bedford Street Wolverton Milton Keynes MK12 5HR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 6

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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