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Former Farm Buildings Cross Weir Farm Chapel Lane Souldrop Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1HB

06/01717/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 25 September 2006

Council decision: Refuse PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Use of redundant farm buildings for B8 storage.

Received
27 June 2006
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Sharnbrook
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Farm Buildings Cross Weir Farm Chapel Lane Souldrop Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1HB. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Sharnbrook. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.

71% of amendment 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
MK44 1HB
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Knotting And Souldrop

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2006
Consultation expiry
11 April 2007
Consultation start
11 April 2007
Consultation end
11 April 2007
Neighbour consultation start
12 March 2007
Neighbour consultation end
2 April 2007
Target decision date
22 August 2006
Committee meeting
25 September 2006
Decision issued
26 September 2006
Permission expires
26 September 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 July 2006
Advertisement expiry
18 August 2006
Site notice start
17 July 2006
Site notice end
7 August 2006

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal - Allowed
Appeal result
Allowed on appeal

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
42

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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