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43 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NP

09/01236/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Proposal

Change of use from vacant shop unit (Class A1) to restaurant/cafe and hot food take away (mixed use Class A3 and A5) and installation of flue extract system.

Received
1 July 2009
Decided
26 August 2009 · Refuse Permission
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Queens Park
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Bedford76% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 43 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NP. Bedford has handled 619 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Queens Park. We hold 373 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
09/01236/FUL
Address
43 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NP
Postcode
MK40 4NP
Local Authority
Bedford
Application Type
Full Planning
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided - Refused
Ward
Queens Park
Parish
Bedford Town

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
34 Eastcote Lane South Harrow Middlesex HA2 8DB

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
1 July 2009
Consultation Expiry
4 August 2009
Target Decision Date
26 August 2009
Date Decided
26 August 2009
Date Validated
1 July 2009
Date Submitted
1 July 2009
Consultation Start
14 July 2009
Consultation End
4 August 2009
Neighbour Consultation Start
14 July 2009
Neighbour Consultation End
4 August 2009

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse Permission
Decided By
Officers (Delegated)
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
4
Documents
9
Coordinates
52.131355, -0.487014
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bedford

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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