Unit 1 Saxon Centre 232 Bedford Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8PP
Approved on 15 November 2005
Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of externally illuminated fascia sign.
- Received
- 22 September 2005
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Kempston Central And East
- ReceivedReceived22 Sep
- ValidatedValidated22 Sep
- Consult.Consultation26 Oct
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided15 Nov
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Unit 1 Saxon Centre 232 Bedford Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8PP. Bedford has handled 56 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer 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.
100% of advertising 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 8PP
- Application type
- Advertisement
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kempston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 September 2005
- Consultation expiry
- 26 October 2005
- Consultation start
- 4 October 2005
- Consultation end
- 26 October 2005
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 October 2005
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 October 2005
- Target decision date
- 17 November 2005
- Permission expires
- 15 November 2010
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Copthall House Station Square Coventry CV1 2FQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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