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Cornerways 4 Church End Biddenham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4AW

25/02233/TCATree Conservation Area DeterminedApproved

Approved on 12 December 2025

Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T2 Purple plum Crown - Reduce by 1.5/2 metres all around. T3 Eucalyptus - Fell to ground level.

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenham
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cornerways 4 Church End Biddenham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4AW. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Biddenham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Biddenham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

98% of trees 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 4AW
Application type
Tree Conservation Area Determined
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Biddenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2025
Target decision date
16 December 2025
Permission expires
12 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
37 The Briars Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7RB

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14480760
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Biddenham
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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