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The Old Rectory, Rectory Road, Steppingley, Bedford, MK45 5AT

CB/25/02492/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 28 October 2025

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Replacement of existing side extension and an orangery extension to the other side, internal and associated external alterations of the existing annexe known as the Coach House

Received
1 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Oct
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at The Old Rectory, Rectory Road, Steppingley, Bedford, MK45 5AT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 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 1,682 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
4 August 2025
Consultation expiry
8 October 2025
Consultation start
4 August 2025
Consultation end
8 October 2025
Target decision date
29 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 The Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans AL3 6PQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6003847
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 June 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    1 Aug

    Replacement of existing side extension and an orangery extension to the other side, internal and associated…

    This applicationRefusedFullCB/25/02492/FULL
  2. 2025
    1 Aug

    Listed Building: Replacement of existing side extension and an orangery extension to the other side, internal…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongsideCB/25/02493/LB

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