20 Hermitage Gardens Cotton End Bedford Bedfordshire MK45 3AY

24/01127/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 July 2024

Council decision: Certificate ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness

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

Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (Single storey rear extension)

Received: 7 June 2024
Decision level: Certificate of lawfulness
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Shortstown

ReceivedReceived7 Jun
ValidatedValidated7 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Jul
DecidedDecided24 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 20 Hermitage Gardens Cotton End Bedford Bedfordshire MK45 3AY. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,680 applications in total for the MK45 postcode area.

68% of outline 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: MK45 3AY
Application type: Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Cotton End

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 June 2024
Target decision date: 26 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Office 2, Floor 2 1 Bedford Street Ampthill MK45 2LU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13135726
Comments: 0
Documents: 8

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.

Source: Bedford

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