26 Castle Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3PJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 - Walnut Tree - Prune back to boundary line. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 6 Aug 2026 · Officers (Delegated) · Last checked 25 Sept 2026
Site constraints 7
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 £250,000 in August 2011. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Bedford
- Application type
- Tree Conservation Area Determined
- Postcode
- MK40 3PJ
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Castle & Newnham
- Parish
- Bedford Town
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 19 Aug 2026
- Decision
- No Tree Preservation Order Served
- Decision date
- 6 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Officers (Delegated)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Eden Tree Specialists
How this decision compares
Decided in 22 days from validation, 16 days faster than Bedford's median of 38 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Bedford in the last twelve months, from validation. Bedford decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 25 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15083579
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15083579
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications 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%).
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
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