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28 Brooklands Avenue Wixams Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 6AB

22/02084/S73ARetrospective planning permissionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 1 December 2022

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing wall, Change of Use of amenity land to side and enclosure with 1.8m high fence to form additional residential garden (Development already commenced)

Received
15 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Nov
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 28 Brooklands Avenue Wixams Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 6AB. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wixams & Wilstead. 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 6AB
Application type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wixams

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2022
Consultation expiry
30 November 2022
Consultation start
19 October 2022
Consultation end
30 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
2 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
30 November 2022
Target decision date
5 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 November 2022
Site notice end
30 November 2022

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal - Dismissed
Appeal result
Dismissed on appeal

Appeal history

3315647
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 October 2023Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal - Reserved Matters

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11539515
Documents
13
Constraints
1

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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