37 Carnoustie Drive Great Denham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4FG

25/02404/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Certificate ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness

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

Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (Conversion of loft to useable bedroom and ensuite space)

Received: 3 December 2025
Decision level: Certificate of lawfulness
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Great Denham

ReceivedReceived3 Dec
ValidatedValidated3 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date21 Jan
DecidedDecided22 Dec

Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 37 Carnoustie Drive Great Denham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4FG. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Great Denham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

68% of outline 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 4FG
Application type: Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Great Denham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 December 2025
Target decision date: 21 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Building 41 Twinwoods Business Park Milton Ernest Bedford MK44 1FD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14535166
Comments: 0
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

Source: Bedford

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