144 Margetts Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8DU
Proposal
Conversion of existing garage
- Received
- 25 September 2024
- Decided
- 21 February 2025 · Grant Permission
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Kempston Central & East
- ReceivedReceived25 Sep
- ValidatedValidated25 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Nov
- TargetTarget Date24 Feb
- DecidedDecided21 Feb
Decided in 149 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application for a garage at 144 Margetts Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8DU. Bedford has handled 607 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 149 days, 13 weeks longer than Bedford's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Kempston Central & East. We hold 880 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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