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48 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NW

21/00639/FULFull PlanningPermitted
Full

Proposal

Change of use of store room to barber shop including new shop front

Received
8 March 2021
Decided
20 September 2021 · Grant Permission
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Queens Park
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received8 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 196 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Bedford76% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 48 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NW. Bedford has handled 619 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Bedford's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Queens Park. We hold 373 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
21/00639/FUL
Address
48 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NW
Postcode
MK40 4NW
Local Authority
Bedford
Application Type
Full Planning
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided - Permitted
Ward
Queens Park
Parish
Bedford Town

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
23 Brackendale Grove Luton LU3 2LT

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
8 March 2021
Consultation Expiry
6 April 2021
Target Decision Date
20 September 2021
Date Decided
20 September 2021
Date Validated
8 March 2021
Date Submitted
8 March 2021
Consultation Start
9 March 2021
Consultation End
6 April 2021
Neighbour Consultation Start
9 March 2021
Neighbour Consultation End
6 April 2021
Application Expires
20 September 2021
Permission Expires
20 September 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Grant Permission
Decided By
Officers (Delegated)
Statutory Period
196 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09597445
Comments
2
Documents
12
Coordinates
52.130894, -0.487468
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bedford

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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.

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 2026-10-09. 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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