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The Bedford Golf Clubhouse 10 Carnoustie Drive Great Denham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4FF

26/00596/OUTOutlineRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 3 June 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission

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

Proposal

Outline application for the demolition of an existing building and erection of up to five residential dwellings with all matters reserved except Access.

Received
27 March 2026
Public comments
38
Ward
Great Denham
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at The Bedford Golf Clubhouse 10 Carnoustie Drive Great Denham Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 4FF. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Great Denham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
MK40 4FF
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Denham

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
19 May 2026
Consultation start
7 April 2026
Consultation end
19 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2026
Target decision date
3 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Rosemary House Lanwades Business Park Kentford Newmarket CB8 7PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14750898
Documents
25
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.

Source: Bedford

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