The Moat House 1 High Street Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1PG

25/00495/TCATree Conservation Area DeterminedApproved

Approved on 21 March 2025

Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 Ash with basal cavity - Remove to ground level.

Received: 9 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Sharnbrook

ReceivedReceived9 Mar
ValidatedValidated10 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Apr
DecidedDecided21 Mar

Decided in 11 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Moat House 1 High Street Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1PG. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Sharnbrook conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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: MK44 1PG
Application type: Tree Conservation Area Determined
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sharnbrook

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 March 2025
Target decision date: 14 April 2025
Permission expires: 21 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 23 Huntsmans Way Milton Ernest Bedford MK44 1SA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13839504
Comments: 0
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Sharnbrook
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 (21)

flood storage 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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© 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.

Source: Bedford

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