Stewartby Village Hall Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU Data via plota.co.uk
Approved
26/01877/TCA
Description
T1 - London Plane - Crown lift to provide approximately 5m clearance above ground level, selectively removing or shortening suitable lower branches to improve clearance over the car park while retaining an appropriate crown structure. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Site constraints 4
Stewartby conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
National infrastructure project about 151 m away: Millbrook Power
The site is about 151 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Rookery South Energy from Waste Generating Station (decided, about 1124 m); East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements (at pre-application, about 144 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Also on the record
Inside the Stewartby 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 17 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, 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.
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25 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2022
Refused
50 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
New vehicle crossover and driveway and replacement boundary treatment
2021
Approved
20 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
T1 Silver birch - Crown reduce all round by approx 1.5 - 2 metres.
2020
Withdrawn
29 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
Removal and part replacement of existing chimney
2020
Approved
17 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
Demolition of existing extensions and erection of single storey rear extension with garag…
2020
Approved
Flat Stewartby Village Hall Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
Change of use of flat (C3) to office (B1(a))
2020
Approved
15 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
T1 & T2 - Silver Birch - Crown reduce by reducing the height and spread of the tree by up…
2019
Approved
16 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
First floor extension to the rear
2019
Approved
21 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
Remove Ash to the following specifications: Dismantle stems down in height, leaving right…
2019
Approved
17 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
Willow - Remove to ground level
2019
Approved
20 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
T1 Walnut - Fell
2017
Approved
20 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
Walnut - 30% Crown Reduction
2017
Approved
49 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
16/03291/FUL - Condition 4 Brick/Tile Samples (Single storey side extension.)
2017
Approved
49 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
16/03291/FUL - Condition 3 Window Details (Single storey side extension.)
2017
Approved
21 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
Ash - Crown Reduce 50%
2016
Approved
49 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
Single storey side extension.
2016
Approved
18 Stewartby Way Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LX
Single storey rear kitchen extension (development already carried out).
2016
Approved
30 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
Installation of solar thermal panels to roof at front
2016
Decided
Land Rear Of 40 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
Erection of three dwellinghouses and associated works
2016
Approved
37 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
15/01009/FUL - Condition 5 - Sample panel (One and two storey side and rear extensions.)
2016
Approved
37 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
15/01009/FUL - Condition 6 - Garage door (One and two storey side and rear extensions.)
2016
Approved
37 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
15/01009/FUL - Condition 4 - Roof tile (One and two storey side and rear extensions.)
2016
Approved
37 Churchill Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LU
15/01009/FUL - Condition 3 - Window details (One and two storey side and rear extensions.)
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.
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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