259 Old Harrowden Road Harrowden Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 0TB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of Use of land adjacent to driveway to residential curtilage and erection of single storey garage Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 23 Feb 2026 · Committee · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Site constraints 1
Checked on 15 October 2026. 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 1
Last sold for £610,000 in August 2023. Semi-detached house, 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 February 2023, 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
- MK42 0TB
- Received
- 4 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 14 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Shortstown
- Parish
- Shortstown
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 4 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Appeal
- Allowed · 4 Feb 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6001710 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 224 days from validation, 166 days slower than Bedford's median of 58 for full applications. Approved, as 81% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bedford in the last twelve months, from validation. Bedford decision record →
Public comments
10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14128977
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14128977
- Neighbours
- 27 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 27 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 15 Aug 2025
- Site or press notice
- 18 Jul 2025
- Committee
- 23 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
23 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.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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.
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