40 Goldington Green Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 0AD
Approved on 16 April 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission (CIL Liable)Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conversion of a double garage to a granny annexe providing accommodation for an elderly family member
- Received
- 16 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Goldington
- ReceivedReceived16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 40 Goldington Green Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 0AD. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Goldington. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 postcode area.
77% of full 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
- MK41 0AD
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2026
- Application expires
- 17 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 16 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 42 Chapel Lane Southill Biggleswade SG18 9HT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202512 Dec
Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (garage conversion to…
RefusedCert of Lawful Development (proposed) D25/02476/LDP - 202518 Aug
Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (garage conversion to…
RefusedCert of Lawful Development (proposed) D25/01636/LDP
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