Cross Weir Farm Chapel Lane Souldrop Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1HB
Refused on 13 October 2009
Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of buildings from agriculture and agricultural storage to residential annex and business use (B1). Repair works to walls and roof; raising of roof height and installation of new window and door openings. (Development already carried out)
- Received
- 24 July 2009
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Sharnbrook
- ReceivedReceived24 Jul
- ValidatedValidated24 Jul
- Consult.Consultation25 Aug
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided13 Oct
Decided in 81 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Cross Weir Farm Chapel Lane Souldrop Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1HB. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Sharnbrook. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
- MK44 1HB
- Application type
- Retrospective planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Knotting And Souldrop
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 July 2009
- Consultation expiry
- 25 August 2009
- Consultation start
- 4 August 2009
- Consultation end
- 25 August 2009
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 August 2009
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 August 2009
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2009
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- DLP House Abbey Court Fraser Road Priory Business Park Bedford MK44 3WH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal - Dismissed
- Appeal result
- Dismissed on appeal
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20117 Oct
10/02218/S73A Condition 2 parking scheme - Retention of existing building with external and internal…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/02198/AOC - 20117 Oct
10/02218/S73A Condition 3 access scheme - Retention of existing building with external and internal…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/02228/AOC - 200614 Jul
Construction of earth bund. Discharge of condition 5 of planning permission 06/01100/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions06/01879/AOC
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