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15 - 17 Sergeants Way Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 0EH

26/00642/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 5 June 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission

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

Proposal

Subdivision into two separate commercial units with two separate entrances and two separate trade areas.

Received
2 April 2026
Public comments
6
Ward
Goldington
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 15 - 17 Sergeants Way Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 0EH. Bedford has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Leigham Court Estate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Goldington. We hold 243 applications in total for the MK41 postcode area.

77% of full 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 0EH
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2026
Consultation expiry
15 May 2026
Consultation start
16 April 2026
Consultation end
15 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
15 May 2026
Target decision date
5 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
RIZQ ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTIONS LTD
Agent address
117-123 The Vault Business Centre B12 0JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14806325
Documents
15

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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