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3 Slater Close Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8SQ

07/03310/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 20 December 2007

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of metal gates to side boundary (Amendment to already installed gates).

Received
8 November 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Kempston North
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated8 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 3 Slater Close Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8SQ. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker 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.

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 8SQ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 November 2007
Consultation expiry
10 December 2007
Consultation start
19 November 2007
Consultation end
10 December 2007
Neighbour consultation start
19 November 2007
Neighbour consultation end
10 December 2007
Target decision date
2 January 2008
Permission expires
20 December 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2008
    22 Sep

    Erection of shed attached to side of house.

    ApprovedFull Planning08/02582/FUL

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