38 High Street Great Barford Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3JH

24/01589/TCATree Conservation Area DeterminedApproved

Approved on 20 September 2024

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

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

Proposal

Sycamore - prune tree by 1 third to thin out branches

Received: 16 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Great Barford

ReceivedReceived16 Aug
ValidatedValidated16 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Sep
DecidedDecided20 Sep

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 38 High Street Great Barford Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3JH. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Barford conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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: MK44 3JH
Application type: Tree Conservation Area Determined
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Great Barford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 August 2024
Target decision date: 20 September 2024
Permission expires: 20 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Constraints: 2

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Great Barford

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.

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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.

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Source: Bedford

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