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144 Queens Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9JG

26/00519/S73ARetrospective planning permissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear extension (development already carried out)

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goldington
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 144 Queens Drive Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9JG. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
MK41 9JG
Application type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Consultation end
23 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026
Permission expires
29 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Longways, The Drive Church Lane Oakley Bedford MK43 7ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 March 2026
Site notice end
23 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14785319
Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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