College Farm House Church End Felmersham Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7JB
Approved on 10 February 2025
Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Holly (T1) - reduce height by approximately 1.5m and prune back from road by 1m. London Plane (T2) - prune to give approximately 2m clearance from adjacent property and lift crown to approximately 5m above ground level. Medlar (T3) - lightly reduce height and spread of crown by approximatley 0.5m. Yew (T4) - reduce height and spread of crown by appoximately 0.5m. Magnolia (T5) - lightly prune to improve shape and balance. Cherry (T6) - reduce crown by 1m in height and spread by pruning back regrowth approximately to previous reduction level. Purple Plum (T7) - prune to reduce height and spread of crown by 2m.
- Received
- 15 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Sharnbrook
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at College Farm House Church End Felmersham Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7JB. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Felmersham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Sharnbrook. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 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
- MK43 7JB
- Application type
- Tree Conservation Area Determined
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Felmersham And Radwell
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 February 2025
- Permission expires
- 10 February 2027
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.
- Conservation area: Felmersham
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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