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Land Off Knotting Road Hillands Plantation Melchbourne

26/00907/PRMPrior Notification MiscellaneousAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification under Class BC of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 of temporary recreational campsite At: Hillands Plantation, Melchbourne, the proposed temporary camp site that will operate this year between the 19th June and 1st September 2026 at the above location.

Received
12 May 2026
Decision due
7 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 24 October 2026
Ward
Riseley
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Land Off Knotting Road Hillands Plantation Melchbourne. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Riseley. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.

68% of outline 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 1BB
Application type
Prior Notification Miscellaneous
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melchbourne And Yielden

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2026
Consultation expiry
2 June 2026
Consultation start
12 May 2026
Consultation end
2 June 2026
Decision issued
5 June 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Response Sent
Statutory period
56 days

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.

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