Spinney View Farm Chawston Lane Chawston Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3BH
Approved on 29 September 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission
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Proposal
Change of Use to storage and distribution (use class B8) including laying of hard standing and access roads.
- Received
- 30 January 2026
- Public comments
- 6 · last counted 4 November 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Wyboston
- ReceivedReceived30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation19 May
- TargetTarget Date5 Oct
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 228 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Spinney View Farm Chawston Lane Chawston Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3BH. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 242 days, 28 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Wyboston. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
- MK44 3BH
- Application type
- Major Full and Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Wyboston Chawston Colesden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 October 2026
- Application expires
- 27 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 16 Fairdene Southwick Brighton BN42 4QN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 164 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 5 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14659704
- Documents
- 49
- 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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