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2 Sycamore Close Colmworth Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2AR

25/01649/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 14 October 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed single storey rear extension to 2 Sycamore Close to create of an indoor swimming pool.

Received
19 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Wyboston
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 2 Sycamore Close Colmworth Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2AR. Bedford has handled 605 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 40 applications across Wyboston. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
MK44 2AR
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colmworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2025
Consultation expiry
26 September 2025
Consultation start
20 August 2025
Consultation end
26 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 September 2025
Target decision date
7 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old Council Chamber The Corn Exchange Faringdon Oxfordshire SN7 7HG

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 August 2025
Site notice end
26 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14267033
Documents
13
Constraints
1

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.

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