St Marys Church Church Road Wootton Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9HF
Approved on 3 September 2026
Council decision: No Objection
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Proposal
G2 X2 Yews within the church - Lift crown to achieve a suitable clearance height of 2.5 to 3 m over the footpath. T11 - Carry out selective pruning to maintain suitable 2m clearance from overhead lines and telephone pole. G15 Various selfset trees, including Common Ash, English Elm, Dogwood and Scots Pine - Carry out selective pruning to maintain suitable 2m clearance from overhead lines and telephone pole.
- Received
- 29 July 2026
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Letchworth South West Ward
- ReceivedReceived29 Jul
- ValidatedValidated29 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Nov
- DecidedDecided3 Sep
Decided in 36 days
About this application
This is a planning application at St Marys Church Church Road Wootton Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9HF. Bedford has handled 3,291 applications of this type. The site is in the Wootton conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. 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 425 applications in total for the MK43 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- MK43 9HF
- Parish
- Letchworth Garden City
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 November 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kayleigh Abery
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wootton
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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