81 High Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1NE
Approved on 5 March 2025
Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
New non-illuminated ATM tablet signage
- Received
- 20 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Castle & Newnham
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date10 Mar
- DecidedDecided5 Mar
Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 81 High Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1NE. Bedford has handled 56 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Bedford conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Castle & Newnham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.
100% of advertising 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
- MK40 1NE
- Application type
- Advertisement
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 5 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 3 Highwold Chipstead Coulsdon Surrey CR5 3LG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 January 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 February 2025
- Site notice start
- 3 February 2025
- Site notice end
- 3 March 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13708269
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bedford
- Brownfield land register: 8 to 10 Howard Street, BedfordRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.
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