The French Horn, Rectory Road, Steppingley, Bedford, MK45 5AT
Approved on 27 February 2025
Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of rear pergola and changes to existing front seating area and associated works
- Received
- 31 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived31 Jul
- ValidatedValidated1 Aug
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date26 Sep
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 210 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The French Horn, Rectory Road, Steppingley, Bedford, MK45 5AT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 211 days, 22 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 5AT
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Steppingley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 1 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bourne House Cores End Road Bourne End SL8 5AR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 31
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Steppingley Conservation Area
- Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage 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.
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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