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17 Bushmead Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3QJ

26/00422/LDPCert of Lawful Development (proposed) DWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 28 April 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnWithdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (rebuild of previously demolished chimney).

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Withdrawn
Ward
Castle & Newnham
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 17 Bushmead Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3QJ. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 56 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Bedford conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Castle & Newnham. 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 3QJ
Application type
Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Stratford Road Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
1

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

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© 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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