1 Cricket Lane Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9NP

25/01557/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 7 October 2025

Council decision: Grant Consent

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

Proposal

T1 - Copper Beech - Reduce by approx 2m, T2 - Sycamore to reduce by 1.5m. To clear the house by 2-3 m

Received: 6 August 2025
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Goldington

ReceivedReceived6 Aug
ValidatedValidated6 Aug
Consult.Consultation11 Sep
TargetTarget Date24 Sep
DecidedDecided7 Oct

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Cricket Lane Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9NP. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Goldington. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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: MK41 9NP
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 August 2025
Consultation expiry: 11 September 2025
Consultation end: 11 September 2025
Target decision date: 24 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 40 Kimbolton Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2NR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 49 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 14 August 2025
Site notice end: 11 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14234497
Comments: 0
Documents: 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.

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© 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.

Source: Bedford

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