130 Bedford Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0HA

CB/26/00390/LDCPLawful Development Cert - ProposedAwaiting decision

Outline / PiP

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: change of use from a residential dwelling to a residential care home for up to two occupants with 24 hour care

Received: 6 February 2026
Decision due: 21 April 2026
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived6 Feb
ValidatedValidated24 Feb
Consult.Consultation30 Mar
TargetTarget Date21 Apr
DecidedDecided

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Comments close on 30 March.

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 130 Bedford Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0HA. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 February 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.

90% of outline 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 0HA
Application type: Lawful Development Cert - Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Cranfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 30 March 2026
Consultation start: 24 February 2026
Consultation end: 30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Morpeth Business Hub 17a Coopies Haugh Coopies Lane Morpeth NE61 6JN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

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.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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