Planning application
Former Stewartby Brickworks Broadmead Road Stewartby Bedfordshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Outline application with all matters reserved except access for a housing led mixed use redevelopment comprising up to 1,000 new homes, 1.31 hectares of employment land, a new primary school and pre-school, heritage centre, community facilities (including retail), open space, green infrastructure and associated works. including variation of approved plans condition 1, and variation of the wording of conditions 5 and 6 attached to 18/03022/EIA, to allow for establishment of the bridge over the railway line as a pedestrian and cycle only bridge, removal of the serviced school site and to allow a revised heritage strategy.
As published by the council, reference 26/00654/M73
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00654/M73
- Type
- Major S73 Variation of Condition
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 8 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 10 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Wixams & Wilstead
- Parish
- Stewartby
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bedford register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024.
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26/00807/MAR Awaiting decision
Former Stewartby Brickworks Broadmead Road Stewartby Bedfordshire
Reserved matters application relating to access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for earthworks and drainage pursuant to outline planning permission 18/03022/EIA.
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24/01563/LBC Withdrawn
Former Stewartby Brickworks Broadmead Road Stewartby Bedfordshire
Demolition of existing site buildings (excluding retained outer kiln walls) within the curtilage of the listed building.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Apr 2026
Received by Bedford
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10 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 July 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. 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
58 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Bedford for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Bedford decided amendment applications in a median of 43 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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