British Car Auctions Ltd Kiln Road Kempston Hardwick Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9PR
Approved on 24 July 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission
Proposal
Erection of 2 12 metre high lighting columns and light fittings, replacement light fittings on 1 existing column and fitting of 1 new building mounted light fitting.
- Received
- 8 April 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Wixams & Wilstead
- ReceivedReceived8 Apr
- ValidatedValidated16 Apr
- Consult.Consultation21 May
- TargetTarget Date24 Jul
- DecidedDecided24 Jul
Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at British Car Auctions Ltd Kiln Road Kempston Hardwick Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9PR. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 8 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wixams & Wilstead. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 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
- MK43 9PR
- Application type
- Major Full and Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Stewartby
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Empire House Mulcture Hall Road Halifax HX1 1SP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 83 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 May 2026
Site constraints
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.
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