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27 Whittingstall Avenue Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8LJ

24/01821/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 12 November 2024

Council decision: Refuse Permission

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

Proposal

One and two storey side extensions to house

Received
20 September 2024
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 27 Whittingstall Avenue Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8LJ. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Kempston Central & East. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 8LJ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2024
Consultation expiry
23 October 2024
Consultation start
25 September 2024
Consultation end
23 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2024
Target decision date
11 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
40A Church Street Holme Peterborough PE7 3PB

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13419372
Comments
0
Documents
11
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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