Romas Cottage 23 Horsefair Lane Odell Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7AU
Approved on 28 July 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission
Proposal
Erection of a flood defence wall (part retrospective)
- Received
- 30 April 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Harrold
- ReceivedReceived30 Apr
- ValidatedValidated30 Apr
- Consult.Consultation2 Jun
- TargetTarget Date3 Aug
- DecidedDecided28 Jul
Decided in 89 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Romas Cottage 23 Horsefair Lane Odell Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7AU. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 6 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Harrold. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 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
- MK43 7AU
- Application type
- Retrospective planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Odell
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Nine Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1GE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14890276
- Comments
- 0
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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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