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55 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NS

25/02461/S73ARetrospective planning permissionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Change of Use to HMO (Development already carried out)

Received
10 December 2025
Decided
5 February 2026 · Refuse Permission
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Queens Park
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Bedford72% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at 55 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NS. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type and approves 68% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Queens Park. We hold 373 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
25/02461/S73A
Address
55 Honey Hill Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4NS
Postcode
MK40 4NS
Local Authority
Bedford
Application Type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided - Refused
Ward
Queens Park
Parish
Bedford Town

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
156 Honeyhill Road Bedford MK40 4PD

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
10 December 2025
Consultation Expiry
13 January 2026
Target Decision Date
30 January 2026
Date Decided
5 February 2026
Date Validated
12 December 2025
Date Submitted
10 December 2025
Consultation Start
16 December 2025
Consultation End
13 January 2026
Neighbour Consultation Start
5 February 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
13 January 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse Permission
Decided By
Officers (Delegated)
Statutory Period
49 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
8
Documents
7
Constraints
1
Coordinates
52.131073, -0.487719
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bedford

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Planning 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.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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