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Land Rear Of Methodist Church High Street Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7RG

25/02057/S73Variation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 March 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of prefabricated building for Oakley Pre-School in paddock to the rear of Oakley Methodist Church, including variation of conditions 12 and 13 attached to 21/03047/S73 (which replaced 18/02691/FUL) to adjust the hours of operation and to substitute the 2022 Noise Management Plan.

Received
16 October 2025
Public comments
21
Ward
Clapham & Oakley
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 158 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land Rear Of Methodist Church High Street Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7RG. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 16 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Clapham & Oakley. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 postcode area.

87% of conditions 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
MK43 7RG
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Oakley

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2025
Consultation expiry
24 November 2025
Consultation start
13 February 2026
Consultation end
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 November 2025
Target decision date
4 December 2025
Committee meeting
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 15 Cranfield Innovation Centre University Way Cranfield Bedfordshire MK43 0BT

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
12 November 2025
Site notice start
3 November 2025
Site notice end
24 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14360621
Documents
14
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, conservation areas, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Apr

    25/02057/S73 - Condition 11 - Fencing (discharge of condition)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00705/AOC
  2. 2025
    16 Oct

    Erection of prefabricated building for Oakley Pre-School in paddock to the rear of Oakley Methodist Church…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/02057/S73

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