Planning application
The Fox And Hounds 178 Goldington Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3EB
Works: Extension Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to retail use (Use Class E(a)) and residential (Use Class C3) to form 4 dwellings with associated extensions and external alterations to the façade, changes to car parking layout, closure of one vehicle entrance, and provision of cycle parking, including variation of approved plans condition 2 attached to 24/00923/FUL (allowed under appeal ref; APP/K0235/W/25/3362477), to allow for raised first floor structure of the main building and associated amendments to the building, to accommodate the operational requirements of the intended occupier of the retail unit.
As published by the council, reference 26/00526/S73
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00526/S73
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Decided - Refused
- Decision
- Refuse Permission
- Received
- 17 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- De Parys
- Parish
- Bedford Town
- Decision by
- Officers (Delegated)
- Postcode
- MK40 3EB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Mar 2026
Received by Bedford
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13 May 2026
Decision issued: Refuse Permission
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19 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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