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The Lodge Wilstead Road Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9YD

26/00792/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of a property from Use Class C2 - care home for adults with a learning difficulty to Use Class C2 - mother and baby support unit.

Received
24 April 2026
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.29 May
  4. Target3 Aug
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 101 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Lodge Wilstead Road Elstow Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9YD. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 7 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wixams & Wilstead. 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 9YD
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elstow

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2026
Consultation expiry
29 May 2026
Consultation start
30 April 2026
Consultation end
29 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
1 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 May 2026
Target decision date
3 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
86-90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14885446
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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