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7 Shakespeare Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2DZ

25/02399/TCATree Conservation Area DeterminedApproved

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Walnut - Neighbouring walnut tree - Prune to boundary.

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpur
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Shakespeare Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2DZ. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Bedford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Harpur. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 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
MK40 2DZ
Application type
Tree Conservation Area Determined
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
25 December 2025
Consultation start
4 December 2025
Consultation end
25 December 2025
Target decision date
6 January 2026
Permission expires
6 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
40 Kimbolton Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14530635
Comments
0
Documents
7

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: Bedford
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bedford
  • Brownfield land register: 15 Shakespeare Road, BedfordRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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