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Bedford Modern School Manton Lane Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7NT

26/00572/SPNJSolar Prior Notification Part JApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Details not required (Prior Approval)

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

Proposal

Prior notification for the installation, alteration or replacement on non-domestic properties of (a) micro-generation solar thermal equipment; (b) micro-generation solar PV equipment; or (c) other solar PV equipment on the roof. This is not a planning application because it relates to development that is permitted by Government Regulation. It will not therefore be reported to the Planning Committee but considered by officers under delegated powers. Comments received will be considered but if notification of a decision is not made to the Applicant within 56 days of the date of registration of the proposal, it can proceed.

Received
24 March 2026
Ward
Harpur
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Bedford Modern School Manton Lane Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7NT. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Harpur. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 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
MK41 7NT
Application type
Solar Prior Notification Part J
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
7 May 2026
Consultation end
7 May 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 April 2026
Site notice end
7 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14801257
Comments
0
Documents
23
Constraints
2

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.

Source: Bedford

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