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49 Seaforth Gardens Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4TJ

25/01927/S73ARetrospective planning permissionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Landscaping of Garden with addition of a Summerhouse and storage shed. Installation of 3 external air conditioning units.

Received
26 September 2025
Decision due
13 March 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Queens Park
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 27 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (20)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 49 Seaforth Gardens Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4TJ. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Queens Park. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

71% of amendment 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 4TJ
Application type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2025
Consultation expiry
27 March 2026
Consultation start
13 March 2026
Consultation end
27 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
31 December 2025
Application expires
13 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
108 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2025
Site notice end
2 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14348300
Documents
20
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.

Source: Bedford

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