property development

Planning application to demolish detached house and build block of flats in Kempston

Developers are hoping to replace a detached Kempston home with a block of one and two-bed apartments. A planning application has been submitted to Bedford Borough...

Developers’ levy could fund average speed cameras, cycling infrastructure or parking

New average speed cameras could be installed in Bedford thanks to a levy placed on developers. A report presented to Bedford Borough Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy...

Outgoing PCC says she’s ‘confident of a resolution’ over sale of Greyfriars Police Station

Bedfordshire’s outgoing Police and Crime Commissioner hopes the sale of the former Greyfriars Police Station in Bedford will fall into place soon...

Villages being ‘savaged’ by developers as more houses given planning permission

Bedford’s villages are being “savaged” by developers who are exploiting a massive breach in the borough’s planning defences.

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