The Old Vicarage Vicarage Lane Podington Wellingborough NN29 7HR
Approved on 6 February 2026
Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1. Hornbeam -Crown reduction of approximately 50%, equating to a 6-8 metre reduction all round. Retain existing deadwood where safe and appropriate. Larger sections of deadwood will be reduced and stabilised rather than removed to maintain valuable wildlife habitat. T2 - Holly - Fell. G1 - 3 x Wild Cherry - Fell.
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Harrold
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage Vicarage Lane Podington Wellingborough NN29 7HR. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Skelton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Harrold. We hold 1,135 applications in total for the NN29 postcode area.
98% of trees 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
- NN29 7HR
- Application type
- Tree Conservation Area Determined
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Podington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 40 Kimbolton Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2NR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Site constraints
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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