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281-285 Bedford Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8QB

06/01508/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 14 August 2006

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from prayer hall to function room for wine bar and external alterations

Received
6 July 2006
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kempston Central And East
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 281-285 Bedford Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8QB. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Harringworth conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 8QB
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2006
Consultation expiry
4 August 2006
Consultation start
12 July 2006
Consultation end
4 August 2006
Neighbour consultation start
12 July 2006
Neighbour consultation end
2 August 2006
Target decision date
31 August 2006
Committee meeting
14 August 2006
Decision issued
21 August 2006
Permission expires
18 August 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
13 Aviary Walk Bedford MK41 7JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 July 2006
Site notice end
4 August 2006

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

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.

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