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Flats A-J 8 Clapham Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7PP

26/00628/TELLNTelecommunication licence notificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Response SentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The proposed works may include: Surface-mounted external cabling on building elevations; Small junction boxes (distribution points) fixed externally; Penetrations for internal routing (where required and agreed); Associated works to connect properties to the main fibre network. (In accordance with Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) and Class A Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)) This is a notification only to the Local Authority who have no determining powers.)

Received
1 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpur
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 1 day (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Flats A-J 8 Clapham Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 7PP. Bedford has handled 136 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 7 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Bedford conservation area. 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.

91% of telecoms 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 7PP
Application type
Telecommunication licence notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bedford
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bedford
  • Brownfield land register: 31 Warwick Avenue, BedfordRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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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