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Red Lion, Deadmans Cross, Shefford, Bedford, SG17 5QQ

CB/13/02542/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 September 2013

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of part of the external area to form 2 No. separate car sales yards with an associated office on each site. To reform the access in accordance to new requirements. Associated fencing and resurfacing.

Received
24 July 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Red Lion, Deadmans Cross, Shefford, Bedford, SG17 5QQ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 712 applications in total for the SG17 postcode area.

82% of full applications at Central Bedfordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG17 5QQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haynes

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2013
Consultation expiry
2 September 2013
Consultation start
8 August 2013
Consultation end
2 September 2013
Target decision date
3 October 2013
Decision issued
13 September 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
IB Brereton Road Bedford MK40 1HU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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