The Ship 7 St Cuthberts Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3JB
Approved on 17 June 2026
Council decision: Grant Consent
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Proposal
Replacement externally illuminated pictorial sign and externally illuminated front, side and rear fascia signs
- Received
- 13 March 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Castle & Newnham
- ReceivedReceived13 Mar
- ValidatedValidated18 Mar
- Consult.Consultation16 Apr
- TargetTarget Date5 Jun
- DecidedDecided17 Jun
Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at The Ship 7 St Cuthberts Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3JB. Bedford has handled 56 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 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 31 applications across Castle & Newnham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.
100% of advertising 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 3JB
- Application type
- Advertisement
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Walsingham Planning Bourne House Cores End Road Bourne End SL8 5AR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 19 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14750253
- Comments
- 0
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bedford
- Brownfield land register: Exchange Building, 16 St Cuthbert Street, BedfordRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Bedford
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