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82 Gladstone Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7RT

26/00126/S73ARetrospective planning permissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 June 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective change of use of the existing dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to residential care/supported living accommodation (Use Class C2), retrospective rear box dormer.

Received
26 January 2026
Public comments
12
Ward
Harpur
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target21 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 144 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 82 Gladstone Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7RT. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 144 days, 14 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Harpur. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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
MK41 7RT
Application type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 March 2026
Consultation start
20 February 2026
Consultation end
6 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 March 2026
Target decision date
21 June 2026
Application expires
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 Station Parade London Hertfordshire RM9 5aw

Planning decision

Statutory period
107 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14651269
Documents
12

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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