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5 The Willows Wootton Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9JA

25/02251/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Willow - set a new pollard point approx 1m lower than the previous level. work is necessary due to extensive decay at base.

Received
12 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wootton & Kempston Rural
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 The Willows Wootton Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9JA. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 7 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Wootton & Kempston Rural. We hold 425 applications in total for the MK43 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
MK43 9JA
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wootton

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Consultation expiry
16 January 2026
Consultation start
13 November 2025
Consultation end
16 January 2026
Target decision date
31 December 2025
Permission expires
19 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
40 Kimbolton Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 December 2025
Site notice end
16 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14482808
Comments
0
Documents
8

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.

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