17 Bushmead Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3QJ
Approved on 12 June 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission
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Proposal
Reconstruction of previously demolished chimney stack (development already carried out)
- Received
- 17 April 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Castle & Newnham
- ReceivedReceived17 Apr
- ValidatedValidated17 Apr
- Consult.Consultation21 May
- TargetTarget Date5 Jun
- DecidedDecided12 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 17 Bushmead Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3QJ. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Bedford conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Castle & Newnham. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 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
- MK40 3QJ
- Application type
- Retrospective planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 21 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 10 Stratford Road Sandy SG19 2AB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 May 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bedford
- 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 (20)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Bedford
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