New Farmhouse Church Farm Lane Wilden Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2QE
Approved on 23 February 2017
Council decision: Certificate ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness
Proposal
Unrestricted use of dwelling without compliance with the Agricultural Occupancy Condition.
- Received
- 7 December 2016
- Decision level
- Certificate of lawfulness
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Wyboston
- ReceivedReceived7 Dec
- ValidatedValidated7 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date22 Feb
- DecidedDecided23 Feb
Decided in 78 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at New Farmhouse Church Farm Lane Wilden Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2QE. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Wyboston. 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 2QE
- Application type
- Cert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Wilden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 December 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 12 January 2017
- Consultation start
- 12 December 2016
- Consultation end
- 12 January 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 December 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 January 2017
- Target decision date
- 22 February 2017
- Application expires
- 22 February 2017
- Permission expires
- 23 February 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Devonshire House Riverside Road Pottington Business Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 1QN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 77 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 December 2016
- Site notice end
- 12 January 2017
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
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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© 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.
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