Odell Viaduct Back Lane Souldrop Bedfordshire MK44 1HQ

18/02100/HDGHedgesRefused

Refused on 17 September 2018

Council decision: Retention Notice Not Issued -ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of 50m of hedge to facilitate upgrade to rail infrastructure

Received: 8 August 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Sharnbrook

ReceivedReceived8 Aug
ValidatedValidated9 Aug
Consult.Consultation14 Sep
TargetTarget Date13 Sep
DecidedDecided17 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Odell Viaduct Back Lane Souldrop Bedfordshire MK44 1HQ. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

98% of trees 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 1HQ
Application type: Hedges
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Knotting And Souldrop

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 August 2018
Consultation expiry: 14 September 2018
Consultation end: 14 September 2018
Target decision date: 13 September 2018
Permission expires: 17 September 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 17 August 2018
Site notice end: 14 September 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07195683
Comments: 0

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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