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Postern Piece Farm, Bedford Street, Ampthill, MK45 2EX

MB/04/01810/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 December 2004

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Full: Rebuild existing barn and change of use of barn from residential to studio/gallery.

Received
29 September 2004
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Postern Piece Farm, Bedford Street, Ampthill, MK45 2EX. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 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 2EX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2004
Consultation expiry
20 October 2004
Consultation start
29 September 2004
Consultation end
20 October 2004
Target decision date
24 November 2004
Decision issued
22 December 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Dunstable Street Ampthill Bedford MK45 2NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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: Ampthill Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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