Manton Park Manton Lane Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7NU
Refused on 16 June 2026
Council decision: Refuse Permission
Proposal
Outline planning application with all matters reserved except Access and Scale, for the demolition of the existing data centre building and redevelopment of the site to provide a new data centre building (Use Class B8), together with associated servicing areas, security fencing, CCTV, car and cycle parking, landscaping, emergency back-up generators, substation and associated infrastructure
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Harpur
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Mar
- Consult.Consultation30 Apr
- TargetTarget Date9 Jun
- DecidedDecided16 Jun
Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Manton Park Manton Lane Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7NU. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 9 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Harpur. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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
- MK41 7NU
- Application type
- Major Outline
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 30 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 83 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 2 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 30 April 2026
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.
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