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Cross Weir Farm Chapel Lane Souldrop Bedford MK44 1HB

10/02218/S73ARetrospective planning permissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 October 2010

Council decision: Permit subject to a Planning ObligationPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Retention of existing building with external and internal alterations to form 3 Class B1 office suites.

Received
31 August 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Sharnbrook
  1. Received31 Aug
  2. Validated31 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cross Weir Farm Chapel Lane Souldrop Bedford MK44 1HB. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 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
31 August 2010
Consultation expiry
30 September 2010
Consultation start
9 September 2010
Consultation end
30 September 2010
Neighbour consultation start
9 September 2010
Neighbour consultation end
30 September 2010
Target decision date
26 October 2010
Committee meeting
4 October 2010
Decision issued
5 November 2010
Permission expires
5 November 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
DLP House 4 Abbey Court Fraser Road Priory Business Park Bedford MK44 3WH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
4

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.

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