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112 Spring Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NB

26/01078/LDECert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 20 October 2026

Council decision: Certificate Refused

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

Proposal

Certificate to confirm the single storey rear infill extension already commenced did not require planning permission.

Received
8 June 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 31 October 2026
Ward
Kempston Central & East
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 134 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 112 Spring Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 8NB. Bedford has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 12 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Kempston Central & East. 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 8NB
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempston

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2026
Consultation expiry
9 July 2026
Consultation start
11 June 2026
Consultation end
9 July 2026
Target decision date
27 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
27 Grasmere Avenue Wembley Wembley HA9 8TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14992980

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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