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Chequers Hill Garage Chequers Hill Wilden Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2QQ

15/02335/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 1 December 2016

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of single storey office building (class B1) and ancillary storage areas.

Received
2 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
Wyboston
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target29 Feb
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 416 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Chequers Hill Garage Chequers Hill Wilden Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2QQ. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 426 days, 54 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Wyboston. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
MK44 2QQ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wilden

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2015
Consultation expiry
1 December 2016
Consultation start
15 October 2015
Consultation end
1 December 2016
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2016
Neighbour consultation end
1 December 2016
Target decision date
29 February 2016
Application expires
29 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Courtyard 30A Mill Street Bedford MK40 3HD

Planning decision

Statutory period
140 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 October 2015
Advertisement expiry
6 November 2015
Site notice start
21 October 2015
Site notice end
12 November 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04534337
Documents
20
Constraints
2

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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2011
    16 Mar

    10/02266/FUL - Condition 7 - Boundary treatments. (Demolition of existing buildings and erection of two…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/00692/AOC
  2. 2011
    16 Mar

    10/02266/FUL Condition 8 Materials - Demolition of existing buildings and erection of two storey building to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/00883/AOC
  3. 2011
    16 Mar

    10/02266/FUL - Condition 3 - Parking layout. (Demolition of existing buildings and erection of two storey…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/00695/AOC
  4. 2011
    16 Mar

    10/02266/FUL - Condition 6 - Planting seeding and turfing. (Demolition of existing buildings and erection of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/00691/AOC
  5. 2011
    16 Mar

    10/02266/FUL - Condition 16 - Details of security gates. (Demolition of existing buildings and erection of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/00694/AOC
  6. 2011
    16 Mar

    10/02266/FUL - Condition 11 - Contamination report. (Demolition of existing buildings and erection of two…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/00696/AOC

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