Units 5 & 6 The Old Saddlery College Street Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8LU

05/03091/FULFull PlanningApproved

Full

Approved on 2 February 2006

Council decision: Permit subject to a Planning ObligationPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of industrial units and erection of no.6 two bedroom apartments and cycle store.

Received: 29 November 2005
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Kempston Central And East

ReceivedReceived29 Nov
ValidatedValidated29 Nov
Consult.Consultation24 Feb
TargetTarget Date24 Jan
DecidedDecided2 Feb

Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Units 5 & 6 The Old Saddlery College Street Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8LU. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks 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.

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 8LU
Application type: Full Planning
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 November 2005
Consultation expiry: 24 February 2006
Consultation start: 3 February 2006
Consultation end: 24 February 2006
Neighbour consultation start: 3 February 2006
Neighbour consultation end: 24 February 2006
Target decision date: 24 January 2006
Committee meeting: 2 February 2006
Decision issued: 28 April 2006
Permission expires: 28 April 2011

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 December 2005
Advertisement expiry: 23 December 2005

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 23

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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