The Fox And Hounds 178 Goldington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3EB
Approved on 27 October 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission (CIL Liable)
Proposal
Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to retail use (Use Class E(a)) and residential (Use Class C3) to form 4 dwellings with associated extensions and external alterations to the façade, changes to car parking layout, closure of one vehicle entrance, and provision of cycle parking, including variation of approved plans condition 2 attached to 24/00923/FUL (Appeal Ref APP/K0235/W/25/3362477), to allow for demolition of rear single storey elements to rationalise and amend design to suit intended occupier requirements.
- Received
- 4 August 2026
- Public comments
- 6 · last counted 2 November 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- De Parys
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation3 Sep
- TargetTarget Date12 Oct
- DecidedDecided27 Oct
Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at The Fox And Hounds 178 Goldington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3EB. Bedford has handled 910 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across De Parys. We hold 392 applications in total for the MK40 postcode area.
87% of conditions 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
- MK40 3EB
- Application type
- Variation of Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bedford Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 September 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 September 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 August 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 September 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Courtyard Edinburgh Road Reading RG30 2UA
Fox & Hounds Bedford Ltd
Company number 11769893
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 Jan 2019 (7 years old)
- Nature of business
- Buying and selling of own real estate
- Registered office
- London
2 other planning applications by this company in Bedford and Plymouth.
- 26/01506/S73 · Plymouth · 1 Marshall Road Plymouth PL7 1YB
- 26/00526/S73 · Bedford · The Fox And Hounds 178 Goldington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3EB
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- William Comber
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15117192
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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