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Harpur Suite Harpur Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1LE

24/00554/ADVAdvertisementAwaiting decision
Advertisement consent
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of flag poles with country flags only

Received
15 March 2024
Decision due
4 June 2024
Ward
Castle & Newnham
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated15 Mar
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 May.

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Harpur Suite Harpur Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1LE. Bedford has handled 56 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 March 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Castle & Newnham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
MK40 1LE
Application type
Advertisement
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 March 2024
Consultation expiry
2 May 2024
Consultation start
25 March 2024
Consultation end
2 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
25 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2024
Application expires
4 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
17 April 2024
Site notice start
11 April 2024
Site notice end
2 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12764631
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bedford
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Harpur SuiteOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bedford
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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