O/S 21 Ridge Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9BP

24/00818/TELLNTelecommunication licence notificationApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 16 May 2024

Council decision: Response SentPrior Notification

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

Proposal

The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) - Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Appatus - 1 x 10m light wooden pole (This is a notification only to the Local Authority who have no determining powers)

Received: 17 April 2024
Decision level: Prior Notification
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Wootton & Kempston Rural

ReceivedReceived17 Apr
ValidatedValidated17 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date8 May
DecidedDecided16 May

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at O/S 21 Ridge Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9BP. Bedford has handled 136 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Wootton & Kempston Rural. We hold 425 applications in total for the MK43 postcode area.

91% of telecoms 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 9BP
Application type: Telecommunication licence notification
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kempston Rural

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 April 2024
Target decision date: 8 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Comments: 0

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.

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© 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.

Source: Bedford

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