34 Chestnut Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HA

09/01763/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 September 2009

Council decision: Certificate ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness

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

Proposal

Single storey side and rear extension, porch to front.

Received: 30 July 2009
Decision level: Certificate of lawfulness
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Queens Park

ReceivedReceived30 Jul
ValidatedValidated30 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date24 Sep
DecidedDecided16 Sep

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 34 Chestnut Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HA. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

68% of outline 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: Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 July 2009
Target decision date: 24 September 2009
Permission expires: 16 September 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 13 Aviary Walk Bedford MK41 7JD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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Source: Bedford

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