Queens Head 1 Rushden Road Milton Ernest Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1RU

23/01930/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 October 2023

Council decision: Certificate ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permisison (Use of venue for marriages ceremonies)

Received: 1 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Riseley

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated4 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Oct
DecidedDecided23 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Queens Head 1 Rushden Road Milton Ernest Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1RU. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Riseley. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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: MK44 1RU
Application type: Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Milton Ernest

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 September 2023
Target decision date: 23 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 49 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Listed building: Grade II: 7, Rushden RoadOn or next to this site
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, conservation areas, 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.

Source: Bedford

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