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Garages Whitley Road Shortstown Bedfordshire

Awaiting decision Bedford 26/00834/FUL Full Planning

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing block of garages and erection of 2 semi-detached dwellings and associated works including one detached annexe and two cycle stores.

As published by the council, reference 26/00834/FUL

Application record

Reference
26/00834/FUL
Type
Full Planning
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
1 May 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Ward
Shortstown
Parish
Shortstown

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 May 2026

    Received by Bedford

  2. 13 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 July 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

19 documents on file for this application

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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 full applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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