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Property: House prices defy the economy

The British fixation on the weather and house prices are without equal and right now both are hot. The imbalance of available property to sell and consumer demand continues to drive...

School playing fields ‘held to ransom’ over Great Denham planning delays

Delays in agreeing a planning application has led to a primary school using its sports field to expand while it waits for promised land to be handed over. During the council’s planning committee...

Lack of council ASBO evictions during Covid spells misery for local residents

A quiet Bedford street has been ‘devastated’ by people ‘dumped’ in temporary housing by the council and ‘left to their own devices’, a ward councillor has claimed. The borough council...

Charity says Bedford Borough Council deserves “huge credit” for homelessness improvements

A homelessness charity has praised Bedford Borough Council for its progress in tackling homelessness. JustUs Homelessness Advocacy told the Bedford Independent that the...

Nine retirement bungalows planned for Cardington Road garden

Up to nine retirement bungalows could be built on the site of a semi-detached house on Cardington Road, Bedford, after plans were submitted to Bedford Borough Council...

Planning application for Souldrop ‘doggy daycare’ centre

Dogs could soon be able to mutt their stuff, paw-ty like a dog-star or just put their paws up at a new doggy daycare centre in Souldrop – if planning is approved. The application...

Box End Park submits planning application to extend number of caravan pitches

A leisure park just outside Bedford has submitted a planning application to extend its existing campsite from 12 to 56 caravan pitches – plus utility block and arrivals lodge. Box End Park...

Council considers traveller site planning application in Keysoe

Bedford Borough Council has received a retrospective planning permission application to site six caravans on land in Keysoe, Bedford. The application seeks consent for four caravans...

Final consultation on 23,000 homes across Bedford Borough launched

Bedford Borough Council has launched its Local Plan 2040 for the next and final stage of the borough-wide consultation which includes building around 23,000 new homes. Local Plan 2040...

Great crested newts could scupper plans for 249 new homes in Harrowden

Plans for up to 249 new homes in Harrowden are in the pipeline and an application for a ‘screening opinion’ has been submitted to Bedford Borough Council. Before submitting a planning application...