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Odell Castle And 61 High Street Odell Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7BB

23/00702/TCATree Conservation Area DeterminedApproved

Approved on 26 April 2023

Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Horse Chestnut - reduce the overall crown size by between 15 and 20%. T2 Sycamore - reduce the overall crown size by between 15 and 20%. T3 Horse Chestnut - crown reduce by 20-25%, T4 Sycamore - crown reduce by between 10 and 20%.

Received
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrold
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Odell Castle And 61 High Street Odell Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7BB. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Odell conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Harrold. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 postcode area.

98% of trees 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
MK43 7BB
Application type
Tree Conservation Area Determined
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Odell

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Target decision date
3 May 2023
Permission expires
26 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
93 Box End Road Kempston MK43 8RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12054810
Comments
0
Documents
7
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.

  • Conservation area: Odell
  • Listed building: Grade II: Castle FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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