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Former Midland Structures Site Ampthill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9JJ

24/01782/LDECert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 18 December 2024

Council decision: Certificate Approved

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

Proposal

Lawful commencement of development comprising the erection of three additional commercial units under permission reference 22/01725/MAF

Received
13 September 2024
Ward
Cauldwell
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Midland Structures Site Ampthill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9JJ. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Cauldwell. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 9JJ
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2024
Consultation expiry
1 November 2024
Consultation start
3 October 2024
Consultation end
1 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
4 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2024
Target decision date
21 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 1 Highfield Road Oakley Beds MK43 7TA

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13281263
Comments
0

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    4 Oct

    22/01725/MAF - Condition 11 Levels (discharge of condition)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/02178/AOC

Source: Bedford

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