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Bunyan Road Kempston Bedfordshire Mk42 8hl

20/01143/TELPNTelecommunication Prior notificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 31 July 2020

Council decision: Siting and appearance permitted TELPNDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of 5G (Fifth Generation) equipment comprising 20m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works

Received
4 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Bunyan Road Kempston Bedfordshire Mk42 8hl. Bedford has handled 136 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Kempston Central & East. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

91% of telecoms 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 8HL
Application type
Telecommunication Prior notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2020
Consultation expiry
15 July 2020
Consultation start
8 June 2020
Consultation end
15 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end
14 July 2020
Target decision date
24 July 2020
Permission expires
31 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Helena House, Troy Mills Troy Road Horsforth LS18 5GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 June 2020
Site notice end
15 July 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08757105
Documents
21

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.

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