6 Barnstaple Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3AP

23/01737/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 September 2023

Council decision: Certificate ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness

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

Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (garage conversion)

Received: 4 August 2023
Decision level: Certificate of lawfulness
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: De Parys

ReceivedReceived4 Aug
ValidatedValidated4 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Sep
DecidedDecided25 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 6 Barnstaple Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3AP. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across De Parys. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

68% of outline 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 3AP
Application type: Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 August 2023
Target decision date: 22 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Architect profile: J & J ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address: 156 Honeyhill Road Bedford MK40 4PD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 49 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8

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.

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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.

Source: Bedford

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