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42 Wansbeck Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7AX

23/01481/FULFull PlanningApproved
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Approved on 31 August 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey side and rear extension with replacement porch extension.

Received
7 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Brickhill
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target6 Sep
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 42 Wansbeck Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7AX. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Brickhill. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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
MK41 7AX
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brickhill

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2023
Consultation expiry
18 August 2023
Consultation start
20 July 2023
Consultation end
18 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
18 August 2023
Target decision date
6 September 2023
Permission expires
31 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
156 Honeyhill Road Bedford MK40 4PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Appeal history

3353563
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 29 April 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
3332164
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 May 2024Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: Refusal

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

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© 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.

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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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