The Anchor Inn 85 High Street Great Barford Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3LF
Approved on 23 September 2026
Council decision: Grant Consent
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Proposal
Installation of new externally illuminated and non illuminated pub signage, including sign writing and lights. .
- Received
- 22 June 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 5 November 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Great Barford
- ReceivedReceived22 Jun
- ValidatedValidated23 Jun
- Consult.Consultation23 Jul
- TargetTarget Date2 Oct
- DecidedDecided23 Sep
Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at The Anchor Inn 85 High Street Great Barford Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3LF. Bedford has handled 56 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 6 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Barford conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Great Barford. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.
100% of advertising 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 3LF
- Application type
- Advertisement
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Barford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 25 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Newmarket Approach Leeds West Yorkshire IS9 0RJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 June 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 July 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15028512
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Great Barford
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, 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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Associated applications
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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/01175/LBC
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