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8 Arundel Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 8HP

23/01068/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 2 August 2023

Council decision: Refuse Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of C3 Residential Dwelling to C4 House in Multiple Occupation.

Received
19 May 2023
Public comments
1
Ward
Putnoe
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.5 Jul
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 8 Arundel Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 8HP. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 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 8 applications across Putnoe. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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
MK41 8HP
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2023
Consultation expiry
5 July 2023
Consultation start
6 June 2023
Consultation end
5 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
7 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 July 2023
Target decision date
24 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12166030
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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