The Chequers Inn 47 Hall End Road Wootton Bedfordshire MK43 9HP
Approved on 16 January 2026
Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of The Chequers Inn and its associated outbuildings
- Received
- 11 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Wootton & Kempston Rural
- ReceivedReceived11 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Jan
Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at The Chequers Inn 47 Hall End Road Wootton Bedfordshire MK43 9HP. Bedford has handled 117 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Wootton & Kempston Rural. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 postcode area.
89% of heritage 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 9HP
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Wootton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2026
- Application expires
- 16 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 16 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 1 Highfield Road Oakley Beds MK43 7TA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14441304
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
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.
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