98 Brooklands Avenue Wixams Bedford MK42 6AB

13/00867/FULFull PlanningRefused

Full

Refused on 20 June 2013

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Garage conversion to habitable room.

Received: 26 April 2013
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Wilshamstead

ReceivedReceived26 Apr
ValidatedValidated26 Apr
Consult.Consultation4 Jun
TargetTarget Date21 Jun
DecidedDecided20 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 98 Brooklands Avenue Wixams Bedford MK42 6AB. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

77% of full 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: MK42 6AB
Application type: Full Planning
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wilshamstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 April 2013
Consultation expiry: 4 June 2013
Consultation start: 7 May 2013
Consultation end: 4 June 2013
Neighbour consultation start: 7 May 2013
Neighbour consultation end: 4 June 2013
Target decision date: 21 June 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 13 May 2013
Site notice end: 4 June 2013

Additional information

Documents: 10
Constraints: 3

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.

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© 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.

Source: Bedford

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