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6 Harrier Leys Wixams Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 6AA

23/01642/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of garage into a bedroom

Received
24 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target25 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 6 Harrier Leys Wixams Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 6AA. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wixams & Wilstead. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 6AA
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wixams

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 July 2023
Consultation expiry
12 September 2023
Consultation start
2 August 2023
Consultation end
12 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
2 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
30 August 2023
Target decision date
25 September 2023
Application expires
25 September 2023
Permission expires
22 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11 Northfield Road Borehamwood WD6 5AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 August 2023
Site notice end
12 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12335086
Documents
13
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.

  • 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.

Source: Bedford

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