Grange Academy Halsey Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8AU
Proposal
Proposed two storey stand alone building for education purposes
- Received
- 25 August 2020
- Decided
- 13 April 2021 · Grant Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Kempston North
- ReceivedSubmitted25 Aug
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date23 Apr
- DecidedDecided13 Apr
Decided in 188 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application at Grange Academy Halsey Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8AU. Bedford has handled 619 applications of this type and approves 81% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 231 days, 25 weeks longer than Bedford's median. The site is in the Lower Swell conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Kempston North. We hold 880 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.
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Proposed two storey stand alone building for education purposes
This applicationApprovedFull20/01885/FUL
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 Sep
Certificate to confirm that Grange Academy Farm is an extension of the school's theraputic and educational…
PendingApplication26/01701/LDE - 202511 Feb
Replacement of boundary fencing and access gates (development already carried out)
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)25/00293/S73A - 20213 Dec
Erection of new activity hall building
ApprovedFull Planning21/03154/FUL
Planning 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.
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