Planning application
17 Bushmead Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3QJ
Works: Demolition
Withdrawn before a decision, so it carries no planning weight. A revised scheme can be submitted at any time.
Proposal
Certificate to confirm that the details submitted do not require planning permission (rebuild of previously demolished chimney).
As published by the council, reference 26/00422/LDP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00422/LDP
- Type
- Cert of Lawful Development (proposed) D
- Status
- Decided - Withdrawn
- Decision
- Application Withdrawn
- Received
- 3 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 3 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 28 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Castle & Newnham
- Parish
- Bedford Town
- Decision by
- Withdrawn
- Postcode
- MK40 3QJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Mar 2026
Received by Bedford
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28 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Application Withdrawn
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19 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat withdrawal means
The process from here
The applicant withdrew this application before the council decided it, so it carries no planning weight and no fee refund is automatic. Withdrawal often follows officer feedback that a refusal was likely.
The applicant is free to submit a revised application at any time, and many withdrawn schemes return in amended form, so the site is worth watching if the proposal affected you.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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