26 Church End Biddenham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4AR

23/01544/TCATree Conservation Area DeterminedApproved

Approved on 26 July 2023

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

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

Proposal

Sweet Chestnut (T1) - reduce crown by approximately 50%, 2.5m in height and spread

Received: 14 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Biddenham

ReceivedReceived14 Jul
ValidatedValidated14 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date18 Aug
DecidedDecided26 Jul

Decided in 12 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 26 Church End Biddenham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4AR. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Biddenham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Biddenham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 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: MK40 4AR
Application type: Tree Conservation Area Determined
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Biddenham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 July 2023
Target decision date: 18 August 2023
Permission expires: 26 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 36 Clarendon Street Bedford MK41 7SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12307373
Comments: 0
Constraints: 2

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: Biddenham
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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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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.

Source: Bedford

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