11 - 13 Silver Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 1SY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use and conversion of first and second floors and part of ground floor at rear, to form 4 x 1 bedroom residential apartments, including alterations at ground floor level for cycle parking provision and refuse/recycling storage and insertion of rooflights and alterations to side elevation windows Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 Oct 2026 · Officers (Delegated) · Last checked 9 Oct 2026
Site constraints 7
Show all 10 with distances
- 52 mUnnamed
- 63 mRemains of the Old George InnGrade II
- 93 mHarpur SuiteGrade II*
- 104 mHarpur CentreGrade II*
- 107 m77 and 79 High StreetGrade II
- 114 m80a High StreetGrade II
- 115 mBedford Corn ExchangeGrade II
- 116 mUnnamed
- 117 m82 High StreetGrade II
- 122 mUnnamed
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £330,000 in July 2023. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Bedford
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Postcode
- MK40 1SY
- Received
- 20 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Castle & Newnham
- Parish
- Bedford Town
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 8 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Grant Permission (CIL Liable)
- Decision date
- 8 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Officers (Delegated)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Phillips Planning Services
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 49 days from validation, 21 days faster than Bedford's median of 70 for changes of use. Approved, as 65% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bedford in the last twelve months, from validation. Bedford decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15172963
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15172963
- Neighbours
- 25 Aug 2026
- Consultation
- 25 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 25 Sept 2026
- Site or press notice
- 26 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Bedford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #201 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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