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79 Risborough Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9QR

25/01084/S73Variation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission

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

Proposal

Demolition of garage and car port. Erection of one and two storey rear/side extension and loft conversion with rear dormer, including variation of approved plans condition1 attached to 25/00117/FUL, to allow for addition of rooflight to kitchen, changes to windows, internal arrangement and external finish of two walls of the extension and dormer roof to be made thicker. Drawings: 24-114-03D Proposed Ground Floor Plan, First Floor Plan & Loft Floor Plan 24-114-04D Proposed Elevations To be replaced with: 24-114-03E Proposed Ground Floor Plan, First Floor Plan & Loft Floor Plan 24-114-04E Proposed Elevations

Received
4 June 2025
Ward
Castle & Newnham
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 79 Risborough Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9QR. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Castle & Newnham. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 postcode area.

87% of conditions 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
MK41 9QR
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2025
Consultation expiry
3 July 2025
Consultation end
3 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 July 2025
Target decision date
23 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Blotts Barn Business Centre Brooks Road Raunds NN9 6NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14068856
Comments
0
Documents
9

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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