Sopwell Fields, Fordfield Road, Millbrook, Bedford, MK45 2HZ
Refused on 8 September 2023
Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a 2 bed single storey detached dwelling in association with approved dog kennels business
- Received
- 9 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated12 Jun
- Consult.Consultation31 Aug
- TargetTarget Date11 Sep
- DecidedDecided8 Sep
Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Sopwell Fields, Fordfield Road, Millbrook, Bedford, MK45 2HZ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer 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 1,682 applications in total for the MK45 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
- MK45 2HZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Millbrook
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 31 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 12 June 2023
- Consultation end
- 31 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 11 September 2023
- Decision issued
- 11 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Thistledown Barn Holcot Lane Sywell Northampton NN6 0BG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Appeal
- Appeal date
- 18 January 2024
- Appeal result
- Planning Appeal Dismissed
- Appeal decision date
- 7 August 2024
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 77
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: Central Bedfordshire
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