7 Alexandra Place Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1HT
Approved on 2 April 2026
Council decision: Certificate ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (Loft conversion with rear dormer window)
- Received
- 30 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Greyfriars
- ReceivedReceived30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated30 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 7 Alexandra Place Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1HT. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Greyfriars. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 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
- MK40 1HT
- Application type
- Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 April 2026
- Application expires
- 2 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- First Floor, 60B Bromham Road Bedford MK40 2QG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 62 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 (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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