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38 Kempston Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9DS

20/02417/NMANon Material Amendment DeterminedRefused
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

16/01854/MAF - Non-Material Minor Amendment to revise the siting of the building.

Received
19 October 2020
Decided
25 November 2020 · Refuse Permission
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cauldwell
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Bedford72% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at 38 Kempston Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9DS. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type and approves 67% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's median. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Cauldwell. We hold 880 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
20/02417/NMA
Address
38 Kempston Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9DS
Postcode
MK42 9DS
Local Authority
Bedford
Application Type
Non Material Amendment Determined
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided - Refused
Ward
Cauldwell
Parish
Bedford Town

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
The Old Coalhouse 28A Rosamond Road Bedford MK40 3SS

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
19 October 2020
Target Decision Date
16 November 2020
Date Decided
25 November 2020
Date Validated
19 October 2020
Date Submitted
19 October 2020

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse Permission
Decided By
Officers (Delegated)
Statutory Period
28 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09168599
Comments
0
Documents
13
Coordinates
52.127506, -0.476283
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bedford

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    19 Oct

    16/01854/MAF - Non-Material Minor Amendment to revise the siting of the building.

    This applicationRefusedNon-material amendment20/02417/NMA
  2. 2020
    19 Oct

    16/01854/MAF - Condition 7 - Cycle Parking (Discharge of condition)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside20/02423/AOC

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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