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38 - 40 High Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1SP

26/00384/S73ARetrospective planning permissionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Formation of two bedroom flat on the second floor. (Development already carried out)

Received
26 February 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Castle & Newnham
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 38 - 40 High Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1SP. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Bedford conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Castle & Newnham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 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
MK40 1SP
Application type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation start
6 March 2026
Consultation end
16 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Beresford Road Bedford MK40 3SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
2 April 2026
Site notice start
19 March 2026
Site notice end
16 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14702019
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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