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59 Wentworth Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 8QB

24/01969/HPNHouseholder Prior NotificationApproved
Householder

Approved on 19 November 2024

Council decision: Details not required (Prior Approval)Prior Notification

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

Proposal

Prior notification for single storey rear extension(s) between 4 and 8 metres depth.

Received
11 October 2024
Decision level
Prior Notification
Ward
Putnoe
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 59 Wentworth Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 8QB. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Putnoe. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 postcode area.

68% of outline 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 8QB
Application type
Householder Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2024
Consultation expiry
13 November 2024
Consultation end
13 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 November 2024
Target decision date
15 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
25 Pine Copse Close Northampton NN5 6NF

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13477107
Comments
0
Documents
7

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.

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