Parklands The Drive Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7ST
Approved on 18 June 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission (CIL Liable)
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Proposal
Erection of first floor extension above existing garage structure to form gym/office/activity space (development already carried out)
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Clapham & Oakley
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated9 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date29 May
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 129 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Parklands The Drive Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7ST. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 12 weeks longer 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.
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
- MK43 7ST
- Application type
- Retrospective planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Oakley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 156 Honeyhill Road Bedford MK40 4PD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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