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152 Spring Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NB

08/01216/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 23 May 2008

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prune 2 Scots Pine trees.

Received
15 April 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kempston Central And East
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 152 Spring Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NB. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker 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.

98% of trees 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 8NB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 April 2008
Consultation expiry
20 May 2008
Consultation start
29 April 2008
Consultation end
20 May 2008
Neighbour consultation start
29 April 2008
Neighbour consultation end
20 May 2008
Target decision date
10 June 2008
Decision issued
30 May 2008
Permission expires
30 May 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wharley Farm College Road Cranfield MK43 0AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    19 Jun

    Removal of Horse Chestnut

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order20/01266/TPO

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