Willows, How End Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3JT
Approved on 18 September 2024
Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Converting existing outbuilding into residential annexe.
- Received
- 5 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived5 Jul
- ValidatedValidated12 Jul
- Consult.Consultation21 Aug
- TargetTarget Date6 Sep
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Willows, How End Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3JT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 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 3JT
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Houghton Conquest
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 21 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 12 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 21 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 6 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Office 2, Floor 2 1 Bedford Street Ampthill Bedford MK45 2LU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
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.
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Source: Central Bedfordshire
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