Skip to content

Land To The Rear Of 146 Milton Road Clapham Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 6AR

25/02051/PIPPlanning Permission in PrincipleApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the erection of up to 9 self-build dwellings.

Received
15 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Clapham & Oakley
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The Rear Of 146 Milton Road Clapham Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 6AR. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 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 243 applications in total for the MK41 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
MK41 6AR
Application type
Planning Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Clapham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Consultation expiry
2 December 2025
Consultation start
13 November 2025
Consultation end
2 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 November 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025
Permission expires
18 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Coalhouse 28A Rosamond Road Bedford MK40 3SS

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 November 2025
Site notice end
2 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
16
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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near MK41

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for new homes on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address