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174 High Street Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9YA

25/02338/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 July 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent

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

Proposal

Alterations to 174 High Street, Elstow and conversion of the outbuilding to an annex

Received
22 November 2025
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 218 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at 174 High Street Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9YA. Bedford has handled 117 applications of this type. This one was decided in 229 days, 26 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Elstow conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wixams & Wilstead. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 9YA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Elstow

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
8 January 2026
Consultation start
8 December 2025
Consultation end
8 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 January 2026
Target decision date
17 July 2026
Application expires
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Dreys 5 Castle Barns Coplowe Lane Bletsoe MK44 1TL

Planning decision

Statutory period
104 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
31 December 2025
Site notice start
11 December 2025
Site notice end
8 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14455263
Comments
0
Documents
22
Constraints
2

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: Elstow
  • Listed building: Grade II: 174, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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