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Medbury Farm Medbury Lane Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9YH

21/01366/CPNRChange of Use Class R Prior NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 6 August 2021

Council decision: Permitted Prior NotificationPrior Notification

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

Proposal

Prior notification under Class R, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the GPDO for change of use from an Agricultural building to a flexible commercial use.

Received
13 May 2021
Decision level
Prior Notification
Public comments
4
Ward
Z - Former Elstow And Stewartby Ward
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 85 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Medbury Farm Medbury Lane Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9YH. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 5 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

71% of amendment 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 9YH
Application type
Change of Use Class R Prior Notification
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Elstow

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2021
Consultation expiry
3 August 2021
Consultation start
20 July 2021
Consultation end
3 August 2021
Target decision date
6 August 2021
Application expires
6 August 2021
Permission expires
6 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
118 Bromham Road Bedford MK40 2QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 May 2021
Site notice end
23 June 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09832087
Documents
34
Constraints
4

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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