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Howards House Church Lane Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SR

26/00179/MAFMajor Full and Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 16 October 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from vacant 9 bedroom residential dwelling house to class F1 (provision of education) independent special educational needs School with minor internal alterations.

Received
30 January 2026
Public comments
6 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Shortstown
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 204 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Howards House Church Lane Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SR. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 259 days, 30 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Cardington conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Shortstown. 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 3SR
Application type
Major Full and Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cardington

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 May 2026
Consultation start
17 April 2026
Consultation end
21 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2026
Target decision date
16 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
292 Bradford Road Birmingham B36 9AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
21 May 2026
Site notice start
23 April 2026
Site notice end
21 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14651977
Documents
63
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Jan

    Change of use from vacant 9 bedroom residential dwelling house to class F1 (provision of education)…

    This applicationRefusedAmendment26/00179/MAF
  2. 2026
    23 Jan

    24/00829/FUL - Condition 3 - Brick Wall and Gates (Discharge of Condition)

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00119/AOC
  3. 2026
    23 Jan

    24/00829/FUL - Condition 5 - Oil Tank (Discharge of Condition)

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00120/AOC

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