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Housing plans for former Bedford High School building

Plans have been submitted to convert a building previously used by Bedford High School as classrooms to four “residential units”. Bedford Borough Council has received an application to convert 7 The Crescent...

Planning application resubmitted for Kempston site

A planning application has been submitted to Bedford Borough Council to build a three-bedroom home on land adjacent to 14 Lincoln Road, Kempston. An application to build two semi-detached...

Kempston hotel submits proposal to add 25 bedrooms

A Kempston hotel could gain 25 bedrooms – if the borough council grants planning permission. Premier Inn said it has identified a “considerable demand” for additional rooms at its 60 bedroom...

Bedford landlord fined for planning violations

A Bedford landlord has been found guilty of multiple planning enforcement violations to properties in a conservation area. Mr. Mohammed Saleem replaced windows and made...

Staploe solar farm is “essential infrastructure project” say developers

A proposed Solar Farm near the A1 is an “essential infrastructure project” for a clean energy supply, applicants have claimed. Bedford Borough Council has received a planning application to...

Objections raised over plans for 180 homes in Great Barford

If approved, plans to build up to 180 new homes in Great Barford would be “flying in the face” of the Neighbourhood Plan processes, three objectors have claimed...

Fourth time lucky for Fox and Hounds planning application?

Plans to change the use of a Bedford pub have returned after three refusals and two dismissed appeals since 2021. Bedford Borough Council has received a fourth application...

Wixams retirement village not asked to contribute to local NHS

Bedford Borough Council planners have not sought a financial contribution for the “existing Wixams Surgery Practice” from a retirement village’s expansion, a meeting heard. The Planning Committee...

Plans resubmitted to build house on grass verge in Kempston

Plans to build on a patch of land in Kempston have been resubmitted after the original application was refused. The planning application to build a detached home on land adjacent to 19 Rosedale Way...

New bid to save Cricketers Arms and turn empty pub into a restaurant

Yet another planning application to convert a former Bedford pub has been submitted to Bedford Borough Council. In the last three years, two applications have been made to change...