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15 Westbourne Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4LB

23/02174/S73ARetrospective planning permissionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 11 December 2023

Council decision: Refuse Permission

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

Proposal

Change of Use of dwellinghouse (C3) to a mixed use dwelling and Barber Shop (Sui Generis) (Development already carried out)

Received
2 October 2023
Public comments
1
Ward
Queens Park
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 15 Westbourne Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4LB. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 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 Queens Park. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

71% of amendment 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 4LB
Application type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2023
Consultation expiry
8 November 2023
Consultation start
5 October 2023
Consultation end
8 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
6 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 November 2023
Target decision date
20 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
29 Newstead Way Bedford MK41 8RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 October 2023
Site notice end
8 November 2023

Appeal history

3336198
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 15 July 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
7

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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