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8 Gilbert Close Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8RN

07/02357/S73Variation of ConditionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 29 October 2007

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of swimming pool and arched fencing panels (development already carried out).

Received
5 September 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Kempston North
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 8 Gilbert Close Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8RN. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Kempston North. 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 8RN
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2007
Consultation expiry
25 October 2007
Consultation start
24 September 2007
Consultation end
25 October 2007
Neighbour consultation start
24 September 2007
Neighbour consultation end
15 October 2007
Target decision date
30 October 2007
Permission expires
29 October 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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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