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Grange Farm Dungee Road Odell Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 7AE

Awaiting decision Bedford 26/00349/LDE Cert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Certificate to confirm lawful use for open storage, repair, maintenance, refurbishment and sale of construction site portacabin offices, modular buildings and amenity blocks

As published by the council, reference 26/00349/LDE

Application record

Reference
26/00349/LDE
Type
Cert of Lawful Use and Dev (existing)
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
19 Mar 2026
Ward
Harrold
Parish
Odell
Postcode
MK43 7AE

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Feb 2026

    Received by Bedford

  2. 19 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 14 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Bedford took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

14 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Bedford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bedford decided lawful development applications in a median of 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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