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19 Russet Close Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7GB

26/00133/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Certificate RefusedCertificate of lawfulness

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (change of use of dwellinghouse Use Class (C3) to a children's care home for a maximum of two children, a manager and two carers who will sleep overnight, working on a rota basis Use Class (C2))

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Certificate of lawfulness
Ward
Brickhill
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 19 Russet Close Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7GB. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Brickhill. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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
MK41 7GB
Application type
Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brickhill

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
50 Grosvenor Hill London W1K 3QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14648936
Comments
0
Documents
14

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Apr

    Use of existing house as a children's home

    PendingChange of Use26/00668/COU

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