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Meeting Hall 38 Barkers Lane Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9SL

25/01575/FULFull PlanningApproved
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Approved on 8 December 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of Gospel Hall (Class F1(f)) and car park to Class B8 (storage) for purposes of vehicle storage, parts storage, pre-delivery checks, car photography and valeting area, along with the development of a car wash area, bin store, and alterations to the main building adding a roller shutter and removing an external canopy

Received
8 August 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
23
Ward
Riverfield
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 122 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Meeting Hall 38 Barkers Lane Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9SL. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 10 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Riverfield. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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
MK41 9SL
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Consultation expiry
19 September 2025
Consultation start
30 October 2025
Consultation end
19 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 September 2025
Target decision date
10 December 2025
Committee meeting
8 December 2025
Decision issued
10 December 2025
Application expires
10 December 2025
Permission expires
10 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Coalhouse 28A Rosamond Road Bedford MK40 3SS

Planning decision

Statutory period
124 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 August 2025
Site notice end
19 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14233808
Documents
40
Constraints
2

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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