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6 Lesser Avenue Wixams Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 6EX

25/00864/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 May 2025

Council decision: Certificate RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (Loft conversion with front and rear dormers)

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 6 Lesser Avenue Wixams Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 6EX. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

69% 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
MK42 6EX
Application type
Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wixams

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Target decision date
13 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Church Square Leighton Buzzard LU7 1AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13972147
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.

Source: Bedford

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