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2 Spring Gardens Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8LH

25/01295/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 29 August 2025

Council decision: Grant Consent

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

Proposal

1. Mature Horse Chestnut -, Reduce by approx 3m and raise lower canopy to approx 8m to allow more light into the garden and under the canopy too. 2. Pine - Reduce by 2m to maintain it at a more suitable size. 3. Beech tree - Reduce the limb growing towards the house by 3m and reshape the rest of the tree accordingly.

Received
1 July 2025
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Spring Gardens Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8LH. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Kempston Central & East. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

98% of trees 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 8LH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2025
Consultation expiry
29 July 2025
Consultation start
1 July 2025
Consultation end
29 July 2025
Target decision date
19 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Salem Cottages Northampton Road Bromham Bedford MK43 8HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14140805
Comments
0
Documents
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.

Source: Bedford

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