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99 Ashburnham Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1EA

26/00265/OUTOutlineWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application with all matters reserved for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of a block of 9 Flats and associated parking

Received
11 February 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Greyfriars
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 74 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 99 Ashburnham Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1EA. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 83 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Bedford conservation area. 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 1EA
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
27 February 2026
Consultation end
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Mallows Drive Raunds NN9 6SE

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14695365
Documents
13
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bedford
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bedford
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Source: Bedford

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