Laburnum Cottage 45 Chequers Hill Wilden Bedford MK44 2QH
Approved on 15 January 2025
Council decision: Grant Permission (CIL Liable)
Proposal
Erection of a timber, pre-fabricated, single-storey granny annexe, for ancillary use to the main dwelling.
- Received
- 31 October 2024
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Great Barford
- ReceivedReceived31 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided15 Jan
Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Laburnum Cottage 45 Chequers Hill Wilden Bedford MK44 2QH. Bedford has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Great Barford. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
- MK44 2QH
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Wilden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 12 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 1 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 12 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2025
- Application expires
- 16 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Suite 121 Watermoor Point Watermoor Road Cirencester GL7 1LF
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Wendy Choi
- Statutory period
- 77 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 21 November 2024
- Site notice end
- 12 December 2024
Site constraints
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.
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