Oakley Pre School Chapel Pound Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7RQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of land to an area of outdoor play in association with the pre-school, erection of single storey rear pergola extension to the existing main building, together with enhanced landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 17 Jun 2026 · Officers (Delegated) · Last checked 13 Jul 2026
Site constraints 3
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Oakley Pre School Chapel Pound Oakley Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7RQ
Erection of a single storey rear pergola
Important details
- Council
- Bedford
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Postcode
- MK43 7RQ
- Received
- 22 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 22 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Clapham & Oakley
- Parish
- Oakley
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 10 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Decision date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Officers (Delegated)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Optimis Consulting - Mr J Wickersham
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 17 days faster than Bedford's median of 73 for changes of use. Refused, as 34% 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 →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14872542
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14872542
- Neighbours
- 17 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 17 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 28 May 2026
- Site or press notice
- 7 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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%).
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