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55 Kimble Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9SX

25/01974/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 1 December 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey rear and side extension

Received
6 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Riverfield
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 55 Kimble Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9SX. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Riverfield. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 postcode area.

77% of full 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
MK41 9SX
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Consultation expiry
18 November 2025
Consultation end
18 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 November 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025
Permission expires
1 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Longways, The Drive Church Lane Oakley Bedford MK43 7ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14385381
Comments
0
Documents
13

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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