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Lakeside Hospital The Lane Wyboston Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3AS

26/00009/MAFMajor Full and Change of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of Use to a Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) School (Use Class F1 Learning and Non-Residential Institutions) alongside associated works and site alterations.

Received
5 January 2026
Decision due
8 April 2026
Public comments
1 · last counted 19 October 2026
Ward
Wyboston
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 3 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (75)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Lakeside Hospital The Lane Wyboston Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3AS. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Wyboston. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
MK44 3AS
Application type
Major Full and Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wyboston Chawston Colesden

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 April 2026
Consultation start
20 March 2026
Consultation end
3 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Third Floor Office, Victoria House 114-116 Colmore Row Birmingham B3 3BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
11 February 2026
Site notice start
22 January 2026
Site notice end
19 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14508351
Documents
75
Constraints
4

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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