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40 Fearnley Crescent Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NL

26/00735/COUChange of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from Dwellinghouse (Class C3) to Small House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)

Received
17 April 2026
Decision due
5 June 2026
Public comments
2 · last counted 15 October 2026
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (14)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 40 Fearnley Crescent Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NL. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Kempston Central & East. We hold 885 applications in total for the MK42 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
MK42 8NL
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2026
Consultation expiry
20 May 2026
Consultation start
21 April 2026
Consultation end
20 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
167-169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14863971
Documents
14
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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