Aco Technologies Plc, Hitchin Road, Meppershall, Shefford, SG17 5TE
Approved on 31 August 2023
Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Temporary external open storage area with provision of external lighting.
- Received
- 27 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived27 Apr
- ValidatedValidated11 May
- Consult.Consultation10 Aug
- TargetTarget Date6 Jul
- DecidedDecided31 Aug
Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Aco Technologies Plc, Hitchin Road, Meppershall, Shefford, SG17 5TE. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 711 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 5TE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Meppershall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 10 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 11 May 2023
- Consultation end
- 10 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 6 July 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 15-17 Goldington Road Bedford MK40 3NH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202516 Sep
Prior Approval for the Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on…
ApprovedP.Notif. Solar PhotovoltaicsCB/25/02932/PASP - 202513 Aug
Discharge of Conditions 4, 9, 13 against planning permission CB/22/02871/VOC
Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/25/02603/DOC
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