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The Bell 2 Westbourne Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4LB

09/01477/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 15 September 2009

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of car parking area to hand car wash.

Received
6 August 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Queens Park
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Bell 2 Westbourne Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4LB. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days 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.

71% of amendment 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 4LB
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2009
Consultation expiry
7 September 2009
Consultation start
17 August 2009
Consultation end
7 September 2009
Neighbour consultation start
17 August 2009
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2009
Target decision date
1 October 2009
Committee meeting
14 September 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 School Lane Offley Nr Hitchin Herts SG5 3AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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.

Source: Bedford

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