270 & 271 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 26/01688/AOC
Admin / procedural
Council
Bedford 2.4/10
Date received
2 Sept 2026
Date validated
2 Sept 2026
Postcode
MK44 3SS

Description

26/00284/LBC - Condition 2 - Rooflights (discharge of condition) Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Cardington 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.
Council document ↗
Public footpath about 22 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Registered park or garden about 25 m away: Garden to Howard's House
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: R101 Monument in Cardington Cemetery, Grade II, about 44 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 6 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Cardington built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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.

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Historical activity at this location

15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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273 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS
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273 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS
24/01743/LBC - Condition 4 - Tile Vents (discharge of condition)
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273 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford MK44 3SS
24/01743/LBC - Condition 2 - Window, Door and Rooflight Details (discharge of condition)
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273 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS
24/01743/LBC - Condition 3 - Lime Render Details (discharge of condition)
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2024
273 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS
Internal alterations/refurbishment of the dwelling, installation of air-source heat pump…
24/01743/LBC
2024
273 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS
Internal alterations/refurbishment of the dwelling, installation of air-source heat pump…
24/01742/FUL
2024 Approved
273 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS
Conifer hedge - Removal.
24/00667/TCA
2018 Approved
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New flexible flue liner mechanically fixed to chimney and installation of ventilation gri…
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Maltings Farm House 275 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS
Demolition and rebuild boundary wall (partially carried out)
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Maltings Farm House 275 Bedford Road Cardington Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3SS
Remove and rebuild 1.9m high boundary wall
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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings