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Bedford Academy Mile Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9TR

25/00877/SPNJSolar Prior Notification Part JApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 June 2025

Council decision: Details not required (Prior Approval)Prior Notification

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

Proposal

Prior notification for the installation, alteration or replacement on non-domestic properties of (a) micro-generation solar thermal equipment; (b) micro-generation solar PV equipment; or (c) other solar PV equipment on the roof.

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Prior Notification
Ward
Cauldwell
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Bedford Academy Mile Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9TR. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Cauldwell. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 9TR
Application type
Solar Prior Notification Part J
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2025
Consultation expiry
30 May 2025
Consultation end
30 May 2025
Target decision date
16 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 May 2025
Site notice end
30 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13964874
Comments
0
Documents
11

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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