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Land North Of Podington Road Between Midland Main Line And The Wymington Deviation Line Podington Road Wymington Near Rushden NN10 9FT

25/01472/EIAEnvironmental Impact AssessmentAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Temporary planning permission for change of use from agricultural land to shared use to also include construction and operation of a solar farm with with an operational phase of up to 40-years and associated infrastructure; ecological enhancements and landscaping works; creation of, and alterations to, vehicular access; and other associated works

Received
25 July 2025
Decision due
27 March 2026
Public comments
70
Ward
Harrold
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (119)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land North Of Podington Road Between Midland Main Line And The Wymington Deviation Line Podington Road Wymington Near Rushden NN10 9FT. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Harrold. We hold 212 applications in total for the NN10 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
NN10 9FT
Application type
Environmental Impact Assessment
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Wymington

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2025
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2026
Application expires
27 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
241 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
8 September 2025
Site notice start
19 August 2025
Site notice end
2 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14194201
Documents
119
Constraints
6

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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