Stewartby Village Hall Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU

26/01877/TCAApproved

Approved on 14 August 2026

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)

Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

T1 - London Plane - Crown lift to provide approximately 5m clearance above ground level, selectively removing or shortening suitable lower branches to improve clearance over the car park while retaining an appropriate crown structure.

Received: 28 July 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Council: Bedford Borough Council
Ward: Letchworth South West Ward

ReceivedReceived28 Jul
ValidatedValidated28 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date4 Nov
DecidedDecided14 Aug

Decided in 17 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Stewartby Village Hall Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU. Bedford has handled 3,292 applications of this type. The site is in the Stewartby conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Letchworth South West Ward. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: MK43 9LU
Parish: Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 July 2026
Target decision date: 4 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Kayleigh Abery

Additional information

Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Stewartby
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.

Source: Bedford

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