The Vicarage Church Road Wootton Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9HF Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 26/01697/TCA
Trees & landscaping
Council
Bedford 2.4/10
Date received
3 Sept 2026
Date validated
3 Sept 2026
Postcode
MK43 9HF

Description

G1, 8 x Elm to fell (dead) Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 5

Wootton 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.
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7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Old Bakehouse, 23 and 25 Church Road, Grade II, about 53 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 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 Wootton (Bedford) built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1931 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; 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 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, 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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26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved
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Within ~100m

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2023 Approved
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2019 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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Replace wooden fence with 1m high metal railings
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G2 Prunus and Cypress - laterally reduce away from house by 2m.
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T1- Yew- Fell
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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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T3 Cedar -Crown raise 3m. T5 Wellingtonia - Crown raise 2m. T7 Cherry - Laterally reduce…
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2019 Approved
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Conifer - Remove
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2016 Approved
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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