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Timms Square Church Farm Lane Wilden Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2PF

19/00355/LDECert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 8 May 2019

Council decision: Certificate RefusedCertificate of lawfulness

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of site as a livery Yard business

Received
18 February 2019
Decision level
Certificate of lawfulness
Public comments
4
Ward
Great Barford
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Timms Square Church Farm Lane Wilden Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2PF. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Great Barford. 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 2PF
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilden

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2019
Consultation expiry
25 March 2019
Consultation start
19 February 2019
Consultation end
25 March 2019
Neighbour consultation start
19 February 2019
Neighbour consultation end
19 March 2019
Target decision date
8 April 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
118 Bromham Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 February 2019
Site notice end
25 March 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07489286
Documents
13
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    18 Feb

    24/01365/S73A - Condition 5 Ecological enhancements (discharge of condition)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00351/AOC
  2. 2021
    15 Sep

    Outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of a single dwelling

    RefusedOutline21/02499/OUT
  3. 2021
    5 Feb

    The use of land and stable block as a livery yard for keeping horses and grazing.

    RefusedCert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)21/00346/LDE
  4. 2018
    30 Apr

    05/00718/FUL - Variation of conditions 2 and 6 to allow for the use in conjunction with Church Farm Livery…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/01106/S73
  5. 2008
    12 Nov

    Raise an existing brick party wall in existing outbuilding. Discharge of condition 2 of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions08/03033/AOC
  6. 2008
    12 Jun

    Raise an existing brick party wall in existing outbuilding. Discharge of condition 2 of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions08/01723/AOC

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