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29 Oxford Blue Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9GF

23/02117/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 23 November 2023

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of the current wall at the rear of the garden and installation of a new closed feather boarded fence around the boundary of the garden which is currently open. Fence height of 195cm.

Received
28 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 29 Oxford Blue Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9GF. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 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 421 applications in total for the MK43 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
MK43 9GF
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stewartby

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2023
Consultation expiry
27 October 2023
Consultation start
28 September 2023
Consultation end
27 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
29 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 October 2023
Target decision date
16 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 October 2023
Site notice end
26 October 2023

Appeal history

3342868
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 September 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt
3333366
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 April 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12490982
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.

  • 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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