Walnutwell 2 Church Road Willington Bedford MK44 3QD

26/01664/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 9 October 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent

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

Proposal

T01 Common Walnut Tree, raise the canopy by up to 2m

Received: 27 August 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 3 November 2026
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Great Barford

ReceivedReceived27 Aug
ValidatedValidated27 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date15 Oct
DecidedDecided9 Oct

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Walnutwell 2 Church Road Willington Bedford MK44 3QD. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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 3QD
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Willington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 August 2026
Target decision date: 15 October 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Alan Elderton
Statutory period: 49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15189095
Documents: 7

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bedford

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