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27 Williamson Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7HH

25/02119/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of Use to a Class C2 children's home.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
12
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 105 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 27 Williamson Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7HH. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 8 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Kempston Central & East. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 7HH
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 January 2026
Consultation start
3 February 2026
Consultation end
2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 January 2026
Target decision date
15 January 2026
Committee meeting
12 February 2026
Decision issued
17 February 2026
Application expires
15 January 2026
Permission expires
17 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Ardwell Avenue Ilford IG6 1AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
77 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 November 2025
Site notice end
3 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14236498
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    12 Mar

    25/02119/COU - Condition 4 - Parking (discharge of condition)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00479/AOC
  2. 2025
    27 Oct

    Change of Use to a Class C2 children's home.

    This applicationApprovedAmendment25/02119/COU

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