Trees Church Lane Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7RU
Approved on 17 November 2025
Council decision: Grant Consent
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Proposal
T1 Oak - Remove dead wood over 30mm diameter shorten 1 x long lateral extending over neighbours outbuilding by 2 - 3 metres. Dead wood removed , reduction of 1 x limb. T2 Lime - Remove dead wood over 30mm diameter and lift lower crown to 5.2 metres. Dead wood removed , crown lift to clear road to highways required level. T3 Yew - Lift lower crown extending over highway to 5.2 metres.
- Received
- 1 September 2025
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Clapham & Oakley
- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated1 Sep
- Consult.Consultation30 Sep
- TargetTarget Date20 Oct
- DecidedDecided17 Nov
Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Trees Church Lane Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7RU. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Clapham & Oakley. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 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
- MK43 7RU
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Oakley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 30 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 20 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 23 Huntsmans Way Milton Ernest Bedford MK44 1SA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14293042
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
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.
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