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156 Lower Shelton Road, Marston Moreteyne, Bedford, MK43 0LS

CB/23/04065/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2024

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

New front porch entrance, single storey front extension to allow garage to be brought forward, removal of existing rear first floor to be replaced with new first floor rooms with bathroom, two featured dormers on the front elevation, roof lanterns above lounge and dining room, rooflights above kitchen, complete new roof design within the envelope of the original external walls.

Received
20 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at 156 Lower Shelton Road, Marston Moreteyne, Bedford, MK43 0LS. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 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 425 applications in total for the MK43 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
MK43 0LS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Marston Moreteyne

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2023
Consultation expiry
26 January 2024
Consultation start
21 December 2023
Consultation end
26 January 2024
Target decision date
15 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
97 Denton Drive Marston Moretaine Bedford MK43 0FE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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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