42 Melrose Drive Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9FH
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Proposal
Detached outbuilding (Development already commenced)
- Received
- 10 December 2024
- Decision due
- 17 March 2025
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Wixams & Wilstead
- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated10 Dec
- Consult.Consultation8 Jan
- TargetTarget Date17 Mar
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 42 Melrose Drive Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9FH. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 December 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wixams & Wilstead. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.
71% of amendment 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 9FH
- Application type
- Retrospective planning permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Elstow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 11 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 8 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 January 2025
- Application expires
- 17 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 29 Newstead Way Bedford MK41 8RH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 97 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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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