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170 High Street Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9XP

24/01355/TCATree Conservation Area DeterminedApproved

Approved on 5 August 2024

Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

To remove the following trees: Two Maple trees, One Conifer Hedge, and one Plum tree.

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 170 High Street Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9XP. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wixams & Wilstead. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

98% of trees 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 9XP
Application type
Tree Conservation Area Determined
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elstow

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2024
Target decision date
15 August 2024
Permission expires
5 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13219551
Comments
0
Constraints
1

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.

Source: Bedford

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