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6 Berkeley Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9UZ

25/01420/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 September 2025

Council decision: Certificate ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness

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

Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (Proposed Loft conversion with rear dormer)

Received
18 July 2025
Decision level
Certificate of lawfulness
Ward
Cauldwell
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 6 Berkeley Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9UZ. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9UZ
Application type
Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2025
Target decision date
5 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 6 Cliff View Business Park Dovecliff Road Burton-On-Trent DE13 0RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14187047
Comments
0
Documents
14

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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