Sycamore Heights Nursing Home 73 Shakespeare Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2DW
Approved on 15 July 2025
Council decision: Grant Consent
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Proposal
Installation of 2 non-illuminated free standing, post mounted signs
- Received
- 27 May 2025
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Harpur
- ReceivedReceived27 May
- ValidatedValidated3 Jun
- Consult.Consultation4 Jul
- TargetTarget Date22 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Sycamore Heights Nursing Home 73 Shakespeare Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2DW. Bedford has handled 56 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Bedford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Harpur. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.
100% of advertising 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
- MK40 2DW
- Application type
- Advertisement
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 5 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 4 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Victoria House 199 Avebury Boulevard Milton Keynes MK9 1AU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 June 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 July 2025
- Site notice start
- 6 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 4 July 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14051344
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bedford
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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