Howard House 17 Cardington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 0BN
Approved on 27 November 2024
Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Four Yews (G1) - Reduce east facing crowns extending over the garden of 19 Cardington Road in width by 1 to 1.5 metres, crown lift to 4 metres from ground level (T1) - remove low regrowth overhanging adjacent property. Yew (T2) - prune back overhang by approximately 1m (to boundary line).
- Received
- 4 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Kingsbrook
- ReceivedReceived4 Nov
- ValidatedValidated4 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Dec
- DecidedDecided27 Nov
Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Howard House 17 Cardington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 0BN. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Bedford conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Kingsbrook. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.
98% of trees 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 0BN
- Application type
- Tree Conservation Area Determined
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 27 November 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 36 Clarendon Street Bedford MK41 7SJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bedford
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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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