Skip to content

24 Bunyan Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8HL

24/00576/S73ARetrospective planning permissionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage and erection of new replacement garage with extended storage space. (Development already carried out)

Received
19 March 2024
Decision due
14 June 2024
Public comments
11
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided

Have your say

Comments close on 17 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (15)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 24 Bunyan Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8HL. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 March 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Kempston Central & East. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
MK42 8HL
Application type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2024
Consultation expiry
17 April 2024
Consultation start
19 March 2024
Consultation end
17 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2024
Application expires
14 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
40 Foster Road Kempston Bedford MK42 8BU

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12903499
Documents
15

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    11 Mar

    Demolition of shed/garage and erection of a Granny Annexe.

    PendingFull Planning25/00509/FUL

Source: Bedford

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near MK42

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address