17 Ronald Close Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7SH
Approved on 6 August 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission
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Proposal
Erection of detached store (development already carried out)
- Received
- 20 March 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Kempston South
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation5 May
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 128 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 17 Ronald Close Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 7SH. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 13 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Kempston South. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
- MK42 7SH
- Application type
- Retrospective planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kempston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 7 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 7 Ream Close Eynesbury St Neots Eynesbury PE19 2HE United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14659680
- Comments
- 0
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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.
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