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Queens Park Lower School Chestnut Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HA

08/01047/CCOCounty Council Application-Comments SentApproved

Approved on 30 April 2008

Council decision: No objection

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

Proposal

Siting of a double temporary classroom.

Received
2 April 2008
Ward
Queens Park
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Queens Park Lower School Chestnut Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HA. Bedford has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Queens Park. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

83% of all 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
MK40 4HA
Application type
County Council Application-Comments Sent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2008
Target decision date
30 April 2008
Permission expires
30 April 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PO Box 10 The Merton Centre 45 St Peters Street Bedford MK40 4EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

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
    17 Jun

    Erection of shade sail

    ApprovedFull Planning08/01658/FUL

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