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Medbury Farm Medbury Lane Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9YH

25/00538/CPNRChange of Use Class R Prior NotificationAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior notification for change of use from an Agricultural building to a flexible use within Use Classes B8, C1 or E. This is not a planning application because it relates to development that is permitted by Government Regulation. It will not therefore be reported to the Planning Committee but considered by officers under delegated powers. Comments received will be considered but if notification of a decision is not made to the Applicant within 56 days of the date of registration of the proposal, it can proceed. If Officers confirm that the development can proceed, it must begin within a period of 3 years starting with the prior approval date.

Received
14 March 2025
Decision due
2 May 2025
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 30 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (19)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Medbury Farm Medbury Lane Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9YH. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 March 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 3 other applications 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 9YH
Application type
Change of Use Class R Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elstow

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2025
Consultation expiry
30 April 2025
Consultation start
17 March 2025
Consultation end
30 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15 Shenley Pavilions Shenley Wood Milton Keynes MK5 6LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 April 2025
Site notice end
30 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13829614
Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
4

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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