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The Forge, Bury Ware, Lidlington, Bedford, MK43 0ZT

CB/25/02667/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 October 2025

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Personal use riding arena and timber shelter for storage. A small hard standing area between shelter and arena for riding preparation and viewing as approved previously CB/18/02882/FULL (part retrospective)

Received
20 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Forge, Bury Ware, Lidlington, Bedford, MK43 0ZT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 0ZT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lidlington

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2025
Consultation expiry
10 October 2025
Consultation start
21 August 2025
Consultation end
10 October 2025
Target decision date
16 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
92 Station Road Burley in Wharfedale LS29 7NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    20 Aug

    Personal use riding arena and timber shelter for storage. A small hard standing area between shelter and…

    This applicationApprovedFullCB/25/02667/FULL
  2. 2018
    24 Jul

    Personal use riding arena and timber shelter for storage. A small hard standing area between shelter and…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart ofCB/18/02882/FULL

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