1 Hardwick Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9LF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of the ground-floor barbershop to C3 residential to reinstate the building to a 3-bedroom dwelling house. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 27 Oct 2025 · Officers (Delegated) · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Site constraints 3
Checked on 14 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 £170,000 in December 2017. Terraced 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 October 2016, 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
- Change of Use
- Postcode
- MK42 9LF
- Received
- 25 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Cauldwell
- Parish
- Bedford Town
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Grant Permission (CIL Liable)
- Decision date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Officers (Delegated)
- Appeal
- Allowed · 16 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004516 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 88 days from validation, 30 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
No public comments yet.
9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14201267
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14201267
- Neighbours
- 1 Aug 2025
- Consultation
- 1 Aug 2025
- Comments by
- 29 Aug 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
6 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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