Former E On Energy Site Caxton Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 0HT
Refused on 17 March 2026
Council decision: Refuse Permission
Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and structures to provide buildings within a flexible B2 / B8 Use Class, together with B8 Use Class industrial open storage, alongside associated landscaping, parking and servicing, and other infrastructure, including variation of conditions 1, 8, 12 and 13 attached to 25/00763/MAF, to allow for amendments to landscaping and employment floorspace.
- Received
- 19 December 2025
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Goldington
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation16 Feb
- TargetTarget Date16 Mar
- DecidedDecided17 Mar
Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Former E On Energy Site Caxton Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 0HT. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Goldington. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 postcode area.
87% of conditions 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 0HT
- Application type
- Major S73 Variation of Condition
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 21 Soho Square Soho London W1D 3QP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 83 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 19 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 February 2026
Appeal history
Site constraints
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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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