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13 Allen Close Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HG

22/00352/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 4 April 2022

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single and 2-storey side and rear extensions, garage conversion to form gym/activity room

Received
15 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park
  1. Received15 Feb
  2. Validated15 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target5 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 13 Allen Close Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HG. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Queens Park. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 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
MK40 4HG
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 February 2022
Consultation expiry
21 March 2022
Consultation end
21 March 2022
Neighbour consultation start
21 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end
21 March 2022
Target decision date
5 April 2022
Permission expires
4 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
156 Honeyhill Road Bedford MK40 4PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11047572
Comments
0
Documents
8

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.

Source: Bedford

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