51 Beauvais Avenue Shortstown Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 0GD
Approved on 18 June 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission
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Proposal
Part retrospective planning permission for garage conversion and insertion of external garden door for access to garden
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Shortstown
- ReceivedReceived1 May
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation5 Jun
- TargetTarget Date19 Jun
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 51 Beauvais Avenue Shortstown Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 0GD. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Shortstown. 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 0GD
- Application type
- Retrospective planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shortstown
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 7 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Architect profile
- AMICO DESIGN LIMITED
- Agent address
- Building 3 Grange Park Court Northampton NN4 5EA GB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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