East of England · District
Bedford
Bedford approved 79.6% of the applications it decided, 7.4% below the England average.
Approved
79.6%
England 87%
Decided on time
85.4%
Inside the statutory period
Applications a year
1,004
Decided in the reporting year
Against the country
Harder than the average.
The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).
Bedford
79.6%
England
87%
Standard-method local housing need: 1,310 dwellings a year.
The rules here
What this authority decides against.
An application is judged against the adopted development plan unless material considerations say otherwise. This is that plan, and the levy that comes with it.
| Local plan | Bedford Local Plan 2030 |
| Adopted | 2020-01-15 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy | Charging schedule adopted |
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What Wren does here
20.4% of applications here are refused.
Bedford decided 1,004 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 20.4% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.
Wren drafts against Bedford Local Plan 2030, a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Bedford's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.