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9 Basen Close Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7FG

25/02294/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 19 January 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission

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

Proposal

Loft conversion with front and rear roof lights, front window and second floor side windows

Received
19 November 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Kempston West
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 9 Basen Close Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7FG. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Kempston West. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

77% of full 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 7FG
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025
Consultation start
21 November 2025
Consultation end
19 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2025
Target decision date
21 January 2026
Application expires
21 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Second Floor Suite 12 Church Square Leighton Buzzard LU7 1AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14447641
Documents
13
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Source: Bedford

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