Home Farm Cople Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SN
Approved on 11 November 2024
Council decision: Grant Permission
Proposal
Section 73 Application: Variation of conditions 1, 3 and 11 (re location of building shown approved plans) attached to planning permission 23/02063/FULWM for the erection of new building for the storage and transfer of waste electrical goods (with an element of dismantling) and change of use of land and buildings for ancillary uses (toilets and offices).
- Received
- 10 July 2024
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Shortstown
- ReceivedReceived10 Jul
- ValidatedValidated10 Jul
- Consult.Consultation21 Aug
- TargetTarget Date11 Nov
- DecidedDecided11 Nov
Decided in 124 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Home Farm Cople Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SN. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 11 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Cardington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Shortstown. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- MK44 3SN
- Application type
- S73 Waste / Minerals
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Cardington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 21 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 22 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 21 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 11 November 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 1 Highfield Road Oakley Beds MK43 7TA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 90 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 July 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 August 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Cardington
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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
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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.
© 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.
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Source: Bedford
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