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The AccessIT terminal now installed at Project 229 in Kempston Image Get-IT-Right

Kempston community hub gets free access terminal to tackle digital exclusion

A new public access computer has been installed at Project 229 in Kempston to help residents access council, NHS and support services. The touchscreen device has been donated...
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Former PJ Shoes site, Stuart Road, Kempston Image- Screenshot Google Streetview (C)2026 Google Image capture July 2024 via LDRS

Councillor warns retrospective planning must not reward non-compliance as Kempston car dealership rejected

Bedford Borough Council has refused retrospective planning permission for a used car dealership operating from a former commercial unit in Kempston, after councillors said the access...
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The former bus garage in Kempston

Kempston MOT centre plans rejected after local objections

Borough councillors have refused plans to turn a former car sales site in Park Road, Kempston, into an MOT centre after residents warned it would worsen congestion and harm the character...
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Two charged with more than 80 offences after Kempston burglary spree

Two people have been charged with more than 80 offences following burglaries and vehicle crime in Kempston and Milton Keynes earlier this year. Enya Morgan, 28, and Jamie Lee Dalton, 25, both...
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Gym plans for Kempston’s “15-years empty” Saxon Centre

Plans have been submitted to Bedford Borough Council seeking permission to change the use of vacant office space at The Saxon Centre in Kempston into a gym. In a cover letter accompanying...
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Artist's impression of Grace Community Hub in Kempston. Image: Grace Community Church

Letters: Is Grace Church planning refusal the last chapter?

Grace Community Church’s hybrid planning application, seeking full permission to build a church and outline permission for 79 houses on a site by Cemetery Road in Kempston, has finally been...
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Council says proposed 400-home development in Kempston “unlikely” to significantly affect environment

Bedford Borough Council has decided that a proposed residential development of up to 400 homes on land at Gibraltar Corner, Kempston, will not require a full Environmental Impact...
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Archaeologists examine a find as part of the East West Rail works.

The Romans beneath Bedford: What new discoveries are revealing about our past

From new archaeological finds emerging during major development work to rediscovered luxury villas with heated flooring, Bedfordshire’s ancient past is once again coming into focus...
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Approximation of the two sites' boundaries on Gibraltar Corner. Image: Google My Maps Map Data (C)2026 Imagery (C)2026 Airbus, Maxar Technologies via LDRS

Locals plea for full Environmental Impact Assessment for 400 Kempston homes plan

Objectors are calling on Bedford Borough Council to insist a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is needed for a proposed development of up to 400 homes on farmland...
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Bedford Borough Hall Bedford Borough council signage and entrance

Council tax decision reissued two days later after error found in report

Bedford Borough Council has reissued an executive decision on council tax just two days after approving it, after an error was found in the report supporting it. The original decision (1845)...
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