Unit H1 Interchange Retail Park Race Meadows Way Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7AZ
Approved on 7 November 2023
Council decision: Grant Consent
Proposal
Internally illuminated fascia signage above shopfront entrance
- Received
- 15 September 2023
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Kempston South
- ReceivedReceived15 Sep
- ValidatedValidated20 Sep
- Consult.Consultation20 Oct
- TargetTarget Date8 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Unit H1 Interchange Retail Park Race Meadows Way Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7AZ. Bedford has handled 56 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Kempston South. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.
100% of advertising 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 7AZ
- Application type
- Advertisement
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kempston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 20 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 21 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 20 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 8 November 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 154 Thrupp Lane Thrupp Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 2EF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Site constraints
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.
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