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College Farm Equestrian Centre Church Road Keysoe Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2JP

23/00894/M73AMajor Retrospective planning permissionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retention of an existing equestrian all-weather XC arena, including raised mounds with step jumps and water jumps

Received
27 April 2023
Decision due
31 July 2023
Public comments
47
Ward
Z - Former Wyboston Ward
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.14 Jun
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 14 June.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (21)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at College Farm Equestrian Centre Church Road Keysoe Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2JP. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 April 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
MK44 2JP
Application type
Major Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bolnhurst And Keysoe

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2023
Consultation expiry
14 June 2023
Consultation start
12 May 2023
Consultation end
14 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 The Courtyard Church Street Lockington Derby Leicestershire DE74 2SL -

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
7 June 2023
Site notice start
17 May 2023
Site notice end
14 June 2023

Appeal history

3340987
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 January 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12123189
Documents
21
Constraints
7

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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