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23 Spinney Road Chawston Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3BW

26/00740/CPNQChange of Use Class Q Prior NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 June 2026

Council decision: Permit CPN subject to CIL

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

Prior notification for change of use from an Agricultural building to a dwellinghouse(s) (Use Class C3) including associated building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building. This is not a planning application because it relates to development that is permitted by Government Regulation. It will not therefore be reported to the Planning Committee but considered by officers under delegated powers. Comments received will be considered but if notification of a decision is not made to the Applicant within 56 days of the date of registration of the proposal, it can proceed. If Officers confirm that the development can proceed, it must be completed within a period of 3 years starting with the prior approval date.

Received
17 April 2026
Ward
Wyboston
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 Spinney Road Chawston Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3BW. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Wyboston. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 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
MK44 3BW
Application type
Change of Use Class Q Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wyboston Chawston Colesden

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2026
Consultation expiry
13 May 2026
Consultation start
22 April 2026
Consultation end
13 May 2026
Target decision date
5 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Thistledown Barn Holcot Lane Sywell Northampton NN6 0BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14839476
Comments
0
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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