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Chequers Lodge Chequers Hill Wilden Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2QQ

22/00817/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 1 June 2022

Council decision: Grant Permission (CIL Liable)Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two storey front, side and rear extensions and addition of new first floor, remodelling with render and cladded elevations and new front wall/fence.

Received
5 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Wyboston
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated6 Apr
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Chequers Lodge Chequers Hill Wilden Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2QQ. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Wyboston. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
MK44 2QQ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilden

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 April 2022
Consultation expiry
18 May 2022
Consultation start
11 April 2022
Consultation end
18 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start
11 April 2022
Neighbour consultation end
9 May 2022
Target decision date
25 May 2022
Permission expires
1 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
156 Honeyhill Road Bedford MK40 4PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 April 2022
Site notice end
18 May 2022

Appeal history

3330664
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 29 July 2024Dev Type: Other Major DevelopmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11165252
Documents
14
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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