20 Lovell Road Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7RZ
Refused on 4 March 2026
Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Permission in Principle for the erection of 5-7 dwellings.
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 20
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Clapham & Oakley
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation16 Feb
- TargetTarget Date4 Mar
- DecidedDecided4 Mar
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 20 Lovell Road Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7RZ. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Clapham & Oakley. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 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
- MK43 7RZ
- Application type
- Planning Permission in Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Oakley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 4 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Old Coalhouse 28A Rosamond Road Bedford MK40 3SS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 2 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 February 2026
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 2
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 (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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