2 Malmesbury Abbey Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 0UW
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
One and two storey rear extension.
- Received
- 25 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Riverfield
- ReceivedReceived25 Nov
- ValidatedValidated25 Nov
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date20 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 87 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 2 Malmesbury Abbey Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 0UW. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 5 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Riverfield. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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
- MK41 0UW
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 1 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 February 2026
- Application expires
- 20 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 40 Foster Road Kempston Bedford MK42 8BU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 87 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14509119
- Documents
- 31
- Constraints
- 1
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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