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Kings Corner 9 Main Road Biddenham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4BB

25/01753/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Grant Consent

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 - Driveway Oaks - Crown lift to 5.5m over the access driveway to give clearance for vehicles.

Received
4 September 2025
Ward
Biddenham
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 74 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Kings Corner 9 Main Road Biddenham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4BB. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building 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 4BB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Biddenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2025
Consultation expiry
3 October 2025
Consultation start
5 September 2025
Consultation end
3 October 2025
Target decision date
23 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
40 Kimbolton Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14299285
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: BiddenhamPart of the 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 (21)

flood storage 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

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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.

© 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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