Kempston Rovers Football Club Hillgrounds Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8QG

24/00963/S73Variation of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 July 2024

Council decision: Grant Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Conversion of a natural grass stadia pitch to an Artificial Turf 3G pitch with associated floodlighting, fencing, covered standing area and hard standing, including variation of approved plans condition 2 and condition 3 attached to 22/02633/FUL to allow for amendments to approved floodlighting.

Received: 13 May 2024
Public comments: 7
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Kempston North

ReceivedReceived13 May
ValidatedValidated13 May
Consult.Consultation20 Jun
TargetTarget Date31 Jul
DecidedDecided31 Jul

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Kempston Rovers Football Club Hillgrounds Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8QG. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Kempston North. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

87% of conditions 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: MK42 8QG
Application type: Variation of Condition
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 May 2024
Consultation expiry: 20 June 2024
Consultation start: 15 May 2024
Consultation end: 20 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 16 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 13 June 2024
Target decision date: 31 July 2024
Application expires: 31 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Rumwell Hall Rumwell Taunton TA4 1EL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 79 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 29 May 2024
Site notice end: 20 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13057458
Documents: 18
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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