1 Gilbert Close Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8RN

06/00561/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 March 2006

Council decision: Certificate Approved

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

Proposal

Proposed conversion of garage into dining room.

Received: 28 February 2006
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Kempston North

ReceivedReceived28 Feb
ValidatedValidated28 Feb
Consult.Consultation31 Mar
TargetTarget Date25 Apr
DecidedDecided28 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 1 Gilbert Close Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8RN. Bedford has handled 411 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. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Kempston North. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

68% of outline 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 8RN
Application type: Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 February 2006
Consultation expiry: 31 March 2006
Consultation end: 31 March 2006
Target decision date: 25 April 2006
Permission expires: 28 March 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0

Site constraints

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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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