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Manor House Middle Farm Back Lane Souldrop Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1HQ

26/01487/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 9 October 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent

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

Proposal

T1, T2 Juvenile lime - Crown lift to 2.7 metres to provide pedestrian clearance and aid mowing. T3 Storm damaged lime, main stem missing - Crown reduce remaining lateral limbs 2 - 3 metres to alleviate weight. T4 Lime mechanical wound to lower stem, dead limbs and misshapen crown - Remove larger dead wood and reduce 1 - 2 metres to balance. T5 Lime dead stems and misshapen crown - Remove larger dead wood and reduce remainder 1 - 2 metres to balance. T6 Lime adjacent front boundary - Remove larger dead wood and assess historic reduction points for decay. T7 Lime near bungalow - Remove larger dead wood.

Received
3 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 1 November 2026
Ward
Sharnbrook
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Manor House Middle Farm Back Lane Souldrop Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1HQ. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Sharnbrook. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.

98% of trees 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 1HQ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Knotting And Souldrop

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2026
Consultation expiry
2 September 2026
Consultation start
5 August 2026
Consultation end
2 September 2026
Target decision date
21 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23 Huntsmans Way Milton Ernest Bedford MK44 1SA GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Alan Elderton
Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15128743
Documents
2

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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