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281 - 285 Bedford Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8QB

07/00680/S73Variation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 April 2007

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of building to front of temple site to wine bar (Class A4) and alterations to front elevation - variation of condition 11 of 05/02337/FUL to allow opening Sunday to Thursday - 11am until 11:30pm and Friday to Saturday 11am until 12:30am

Received
2 March 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kempston Central And East
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 281 - 285 Bedford Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8QB. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

87% of conditions 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
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2007
Consultation expiry
27 March 2007
Consultation start
6 March 2007
Consultation end
27 March 2007
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2007
Neighbour consultation end
27 March 2007
Target decision date
27 April 2007
Committee meeting
23 April 2007
Permission expires
24 April 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
13 Aviary Walk Bedford MK41 7JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2007
    2 Mar

    Change of use of building to front of temple site to wine bar (Class A4) and alterations to front elevation…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)07/00680/S73
  2. 2006
    25 Oct

    Change of use of building to front of temple site to wine bar (Class A4) and alterations to front elevation…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)06/02680/S73
  3. 2005
    26 Aug

    Change of use of building to front of temple site to wine bar (class A4) and alterations to front elevation.

    ApprovedChange of UsePart of05/02337/FUL

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