5 Shearley Close Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HH
Proposal
Single storey front and side extension
- Received
- 29 November 2023
- Decided
- 12 January 2024 · Grant Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Queens Park
- ReceivedSubmitted29 Nov
- ValidatedValidated29 Nov
- Consult.Consultation27 Dec
- TargetTarget Date17 Jan
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application for a side extension at 5 Shearley Close Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4HH. Bedford has handled 619 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 44 days, 11 days quicker than Bedford's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Queens Park. We hold 373 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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