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The Fox And Hounds 178 Goldington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3EB

26/00526/S73Variation of ConditionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to retail use (Use Class E(a)) and residential (Use Class C3) to form 4 dwellings with associated extensions and external alterations to the façade, changes to car parking layout, closure of one vehicle entrance, and provision of cycle parking, including variation of approved plans condition 2 attached to 24/00923/FUL (allowed under appeal ref; APP/K0235/W/25/3362477), to allow for raised first floor structure of the main building and associated amendments to the building, to accommodate the operational requirements of the intended occupier of the retail unit.

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
De Parys
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Fox And Hounds 178 Goldington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3EB. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across De Parys. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.

87% of conditions 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 3EB
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
19 March 2026
Consultation end
30 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 April 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Courtyard Edinburgh Road Reading RG30 2UA
Applicant company

Fox & Hounds Bedford Ltd

Company number 11769893

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
16 Jan 2019 (7 years old)
Nature of business
Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
London

2 other planning applications by this company in Bedford and Plymouth.

  • 26/01506/S73 · Plymouth · 1 Marshall Road Plymouth PL7 1YB
  • 26/01506/S73 · Bedford · The Fox And Hounds 178 Goldington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3EB
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 April 2026
Site notice end
30 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14756365
Documents
18
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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