The Spinney Sandye Lane Swineshead Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2AE
Proposal
Certificate to confirm that the current occupation and operation of the whole Property remains use as a dwellinghouse within Class C3 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended). The primary case is that the use falls within Class C3(b). Class C3(a) is advanced expressly in the alternative. On either basis, no material change of use from the established C3 use has occurred.
- Received
- 3 September 2026
- Public comments
- 1 · last counted 8 November 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Riseley
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated3 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at The Spinney Sandye Lane Swineshead Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 2AE. Bedford has handled 3,291 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Swineshead conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Riseley. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- MK44 2AE
- Parish
- Swineshead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Edward Bennett-Gibbon
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Swineshead
- 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 (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.
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.
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