Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL
Approved
Council decision: Full Application - Granted
Proposal
Part retrospective installation of a new plant, boreholes and installation of underground heating pipes (at Building 3)
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated19 Feb
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date16 Apr
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application at Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 0AL
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cranfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 41-43 Maddox Street London W1S 2PD
Planning decision
- Decision
- Full Application - Granted
- Case officer
- Benjamin Keen
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
Site constraints
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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