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144 Margetts Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8DU

07/03140/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DRefused
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Extension to rear of garage

Received
18 October 2007
Decided
3 December 2007 · Certificate Refused
Decision level
Certificate of lawfulness
Ward
Kempston Central And East
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Bedford70% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application for a garage at 144 Margetts Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8DU. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type and approves 77% of them, typically deciding them in 49 days. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Bedford's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 880 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
07/03140/LDP
Address
144 Margetts Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8DU
Postcode
MK42 8DU
Local Authority
Bedford
Application Type
Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided - Certificate Refused
Ward
Kempston Central And East
Parish
Kempston

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
36 Upper Shelton Road Marston Mortaine Bedford MK43 0LT

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
18 October 2007
Target Decision Date
12 December 2007
Date Decided
3 December 2007
Date Validated
18 October 2007
Date Submitted
18 October 2007
Permission Expires
3 December 2012

Planning Decision

Decision
Certificate Refused
Decided By
Certificate of lawfulness
Statutory Period
55 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Coordinates
52.117542, -0.486766
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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Also checked, none recorded (22)

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