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The Pyghtle Robins Folly Thurleigh Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2EQ

25/02551/PRMPrior Notification MiscellaneousApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: Response SentPrior Notification

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

ZM/8500351699 - application to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for consent under section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to install and keep installed above ground an electric line of any voltage.The works will involve upgrading 1 span of existing high voltage (HV) overhead line. (This is not a planning application so there is no consultation process or right to comment. The applicant is only required to inform the Local Planning Authority who does not determine whether or not the works proposed can be carried out.)

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Prior Notification
Ward
Riseley
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 20 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Pyghtle Robins Folly Thurleigh Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2EQ. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Riseley. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
MK44 2EQ
Application type
Prior Notification Miscellaneous
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Target decision date
17 February 2026
Permission expires
12 January 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 2026-11-03. 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.

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