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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
79.6% of applications approved
Ranks #276 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
31.0% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #155 of 315 for decisions upheld · national average 32.1% · 400 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£345,000 median sale price
0.0% year on year · 1,923 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
55.5% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #31 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 69,784 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/01578/TELLN | Land At Singer Way Kempston Bedfordshire | Removal and replacement of 3no antennas and associated ancillary works thereto. - The Electronic Communications Code… | Other | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01573/TPO | Bedford School St Peters Street Entrance St Peters Street Bedford Bedfordshire | T195 and T196 (Common Lime) repollard to old pollard points and removal of sucker growth and epicormic growth to leave… | Treeworks | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01569/FUL | 98 Chaucer Road Bedford Bedfordshire | Single storey rear extensions and fiorst floor side and rear extensions. | Fullplanning | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01570/S73 | Willow Vale Pavenham Road Oakley Bedfordshire | Fishing lodge, including removal of temporary condition 1 and occupancy condition 2 attached to 22/00349/S73… | Variationconditions | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01568/FUL | 7 Duncombe Street Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire | Single storey rear extension. | Householder | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01558/TPO | 253 Kimbolton Road Bedford Bedfordshire | G1 - 3 x Silver Birch -Fell | Treeworks | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01564/FUL | 181 High Street Clapham Bedford Bedfordshire | Erection of an aluminium pergola attached to the rear elevation of the existing dwellinghouse. | Householder | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01552/FUL | 34 Berry Drive Bromham Bedford Bedfordshire | Erection of a two-storey side extension and a single-storey rear extension forming a wraparound extension. | Householder | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01555/TELLN | 20 High Street Clapham Bedford Bedfordshire | 1 x 9m medium pole. (In accordance with Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and… | Other | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 26/01550/COU | 5 Millet Road Wixams Bedford Bedfordshire | Change of Use to C2 childrens home for up to two children aged 10-17 years, with a maximum of three direct-care staff… | Changeofuse | 11 Aug 2026 |
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About this data
We index every application published on Bedford’s planning portal (Idox Public Access) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://publicaccess.bedford.gov.uk/online-applicationsNewest application received 17 Aug 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by Bedford, updated daily. The PlanNexus dashboard and API let you search the full archive of 17,219 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type — a free account includes 1,000 requests a month. The council's own portal is also linked above.
PlanNexus indexes Bedford's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 17 Aug 2026.
79.6% of Bedford's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
31.0% of appeals against Bedford decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.1%, across 400 decided appeals.
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