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230 Saxon Centre Bedford Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8PP

25/02528/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 25 June 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission

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

Proposal

Change of use from offices to a gym

Received
19 December 2025
Public comments
2
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 156 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 230 Saxon Centre Bedford Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8PP. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 188 days, 20 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Kempston Central & East. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 postcode area.

71% of amendment 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
MK42 8PP
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
23 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
23 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2026
Target decision date
20 May 2026
Application expires
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 February 2026
Site notice end
23 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14579600
Documents
16

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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