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22 Chestnut Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HA

06/00915/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 26 May 2006

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey side extension. Single and two storey rear extension.

Received
5 April 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 22 Chestnut Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HA. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Queens Park. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 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
MK40 4HA
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2006
Consultation expiry
2 May 2006
Consultation start
11 April 2006
Consultation end
2 May 2006
Neighbour consultation start
11 April 2006
Neighbour consultation end
2 May 2006
Target decision date
31 May 2006
Permission expires
26 May 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11 High Street Higham Ferrers Northants NN10 8NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bedford

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