20 Woodlands Close Cople Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3UE
Approved on 21 November 2023
Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Yew - Fell. T2 Horse Chestnut - Fell.
- Received
- 15 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Shortstown
- ReceivedReceived15 Sep
- ValidatedValidated15 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Nov
- TargetTarget Date3 Nov
- DecidedDecided21 Nov
Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 20 Woodlands Close Cople Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3UE. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Shortstown. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
- MK44 3UE
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cople
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 16 November 2023
- Consultation start
- 15 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 16 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 3 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 21 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Limes Church End Willington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3PX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 16 November 2023
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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