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61 Main Road Biddenham Bedford MK40 4BD

25/01708/TCATree Conservation Area DeterminedApproved

Approved on 23 October 2025

Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 & T2 Leyland Cypress: Reduce height by 4m and lateral spread by 1.5m

Received
29 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenham
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 61 Main Road Biddenham Bedford MK40 4BD. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Biddenham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
MK40 4BD
Application type
Tree Conservation Area Determined
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Biddenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025
Permission expires
23 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
36 Clarendon Street Bedford MK41 7SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14292089
Comments
0
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Biddenham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 49-53, Main RoadOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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