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Petrol Filling Station Saxon Centre 252 - 274 Bedford Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8PP

07/02545/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 17 December 2007

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Refurbishment of petrol station to include replacing 4no existing petrol pumps with 5no new petrol pumps and reclad canopy.

Received
29 August 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kempston Central And East
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 110 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Petrol Filling Station Saxon Centre 252 - 274 Bedford Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8PP. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 9 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. 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 8PP
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2007
Consultation expiry
10 December 2007
Consultation start
26 November 2007
Consultation end
10 December 2007
Neighbour consultation start
27 September 2007
Neighbour consultation end
1 October 2007
Target decision date
23 October 2007
Committee meeting
17 December 2007
Decision issued
18 December 2007
Permission expires
18 December 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr M Whiting 1A Oakington Business Park Oakington Cambridge Cambs CB24 3DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2007
    29 Aug

    Refurbishment of petrol station to include replacing 4no existing petrol pumps with 5no new petrol pumps and…

    This applicationApprovedFull07/02545/FUL
  2. 2007
    29 Aug

    Installation of 2 no. internally illuminated canopy signs, 1 no. externally illuminated shop fascia sign…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside07/02546/ADV

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