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55 Jowitt Avenue Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NW

07/01707/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 August 2007

Council decision: Certificate Approved

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

Proposal

Conversion of garage to living accommodation.

Received
19 June 2007
Ward
Kempston Central And East
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 55 Jowitt Avenue Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NW. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 8NW
Application type
Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2007
Target decision date
4 September 2007
Permission expires
28 August 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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.

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