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109 Clophill Road, Maulden, Bedford, MK45 2AD

CB/23/03249/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 December 2023

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from public house on the ground floor to farm/convenience shop. First floor creation of new entrance door and staircase. Removal of rear staircase and rear and side stores. Erection of a car showroom to the rear of the site. Demolition of existing outbuilding.

Received
4 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 109 Clophill Road, Maulden, Bedford, MK45 2AD. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,683 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 2AD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Maulden

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2023
Consultation expiry
28 November 2023
Consultation start
30 October 2023
Consultation end
28 November 2023
Target decision date
25 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23-27 King Street Luton LU1 2DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
6 March 2024
Appeal result
Planning Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
13 January 2025

Appeal history

3339821
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 13 January 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
91

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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