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56 Wendover Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9QT

25/02489/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of rear conservatory, and the erection of single storey rear extension

Received
16 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle & Newnham
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target5 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 56 Wendover Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9QT. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Histon and Impington conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Castle & Newnham. 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 9QT
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 January 2026
Consultation end
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 January 2026
Target decision date
5 February 2026
Permission expires
12 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Chapel Hill Soulbury LU7 0BZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14559703
Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

© 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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