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69 Victoria Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9JR

26/00780/S73ARetrospective planning permissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 June 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use from C3 (Dwellinghouse) to C4 (HMO) for 6 Persons

Received
24 April 2026
Ward
Cauldwell
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.26 May
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 69 Victoria Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9JR. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Cauldwell. 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 9JR
Application type
Retrospective planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bedford Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2026
Consultation expiry
26 May 2026
Consultation start
28 April 2026
Consultation end
26 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
28 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 May 2026
Target decision date
12 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
First Floor, 60B Bromham Road Bedford MK40 2QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14881151
Comments
0

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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