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12 Waterloo Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3PQ

25/01900/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 November 2025

Council decision: Certificate ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (Replacement of all existing uPVC windows with Heritage uPVC sliding sash windows, enlargement of two window openings on the rear single-storey elevation, including widening a set of doors to 2.4m and converting an existing window into a full-height glazed panel, and installation of a new velux style rooflight on the rear single-storey pitched roof)

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Certificate of lawfulness
Ward
Castle & Newnham
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Nov
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for window replacement at 12 Waterloo Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3PQ. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Bedford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Castle & Newnham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

68% of outline 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 3PQ
Application type
Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Target decision date
12 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Sunnyside Earls Barton NN6 0EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14298340
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bedford
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bedford
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Source: Bedford

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