31 Vicarage Lane Wilstead Bedford Bedfordshire MK45 3EY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00478/FUL - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Single storey front extension and French doors to replace existing door to side elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
12 Mar 2026
✓
Consultation
16 Mar 2026
✓
Approved
29 Apr 2026

Approved on 29 Apr 2026 · Officers (Delegated) · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Church Farmhouse, Grade II, about 49 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Wilstead built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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 £149,995 in April 2001. Detached house, freehold.

12 April 2001£149,995
25 January 2001£90,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Bedford - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Bedford
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
MK45 3EY
Received
12 Mar 2026
Validated
12 Mar 2026
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
Parish
Wilshamstead
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Apr 2026
Decision
Grant Permission
Decision date
29 Apr 2026
Decision level
Officers (Delegated)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Inigo Architecture Ltd - Mr N Hansford

How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, 6 days faster than Bedford's median of 54 for extensions. Approved, as 85% of extensions here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
511decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Bedford in the last twelve months, from validation. Bedford decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14773021
Planning Portal ref
PP-14773021
Neighbours
16 Mar 2026
Consultation
16 Mar 2026
Comments by
13 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bedford
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#253 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bedford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
80%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #259 of 296
86%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #239 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #201 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #233 of 296
52%
Minor dwellings approved
109 decided (1-9 homes)
69%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
67%
Change of use approved
57 decided
993
Total decisions
203 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.