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Bushmead Farm Bushmead Road Colmworth Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2LH

25/00309/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 7 April 2025

Council decision: Certificate RefusedCertificate of lawfulness

Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (Solar Panel Array across South facing aspect roof of existing agricultural Grain Storage Barn to generate electricity to service the Grain Store, Farm Offices and Workshops)

Received
12 February 2025
Decision level
Certificate of lawfulness
Ward
Wyboston
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Bushmead Farm Bushmead Road Colmworth Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2LH. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Wyboston. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.

68% of outline 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 2LH
Application type
Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staploe

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2025
Target decision date
2 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13769264
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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