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52 Newnham Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9PT

24/01498/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 19 September 2024

Council decision: Grant Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear extension and garage conversion with external alterations.

Received
2 August 2024
Ward
Castle & Newnham
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided19 Sep

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 52 Newnham Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9PT. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Castle & Newnham. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 postcode area.

77% of full 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
MK41 9PT
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2024
Consultation expiry
4 September 2024
Consultation end
4 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
7 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 September 2024
Target decision date
20 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Longways, The Drive Church Lane Oakley Bedford MK43 7ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Appeal history

3357183
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 February 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13300460
Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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