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161 Spring Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NR

21/00502/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 27 April 2021

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Beech - fell. T2 Pine - Reduce crown by 1.2m

Received
19 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target12 Apr
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 161 Spring Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NR. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
MK42 8NR
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2021
Consultation expiry
22 April 2021
Consultation start
24 February 2021
Consultation end
22 April 2021
Target decision date
12 April 2021
Permission expires
27 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 March 2021
Site notice end
22 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09541928
Documents
11

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    9 Aug

    21/00502/TPO - Condition 2 Tree Replacement (Discharge of condition)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/02207/AOC
  2. 2021
    19 Feb

    T1 Beech - fell. T2 Pine - Reduce crown by 1.2m

    This applicationApprovedTrees21/00502/TPO

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