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Rosemead 57 Day's Lane Biddenham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4AE

25/01541/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 29 October 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a self / custom build new two storey dwelling.

Received
4 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Biddenham
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 83 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Rosemead 57 Day's Lane Biddenham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4AE. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Biddenham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

77% of full 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 4AE
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Biddenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2025
Consultation expiry
16 October 2025
Consultation start
9 October 2025
Consultation end
16 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 September 2025
Target decision date
31 October 2025
Application expires
31 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit F Dales Brewery Gwydir Street Cambridge CB1 2LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
3 September 2025
Site notice start
13 August 2025
Site notice end
10 September 2025

Appeal history

3376053
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 February 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14202824
Documents
56
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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