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Seasons Garden Centre Bedford Road Wilstead Bedford Bedfordshire MK45 3HU

21/02919/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 31 August 2022

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of land to Class E(d) and erection of new barn style building for new fitness studio with parking

Received
1 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 303 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Seasons Garden Centre Bedford Road Wilstead Bedford Bedfordshire MK45 3HU. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 303 days, 36 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wixams & Wilstead. We hold 1,680 applications in total for the MK45 postcode area.

77% of full 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
MK45 3HU
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wixams

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2021
Consultation expiry
2 February 2022
Consultation start
19 January 2022
Consultation end
2 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
2 December 2021
Target decision date
11 February 2022
Application expires
11 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6a Homestead Road Hatfield AL10 0QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
102 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 December 2021
Site notice end
27 December 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10320821
Documents
23
Constraints
5

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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