Planning appeal decision
44 & 48 Allhallows and 50-54 St Loyes Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1LN
Planning appeal 3329838 at 44 & 48 Allhallows and 50-54 St Loyes Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1LN (Bedford Borough Council) was allowed on 19 February 2024 by Inspector Worley E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would include suitable arrangements for refuse collection from the site under condition G.1.(d)(v) of the GPDO.
the ‘change of use of 44 & 48 Allhallows & 50 – 54 St Loyes Street from use as financial and professional services (use class E) to use as nine one-bedroom and one two-bedroom residential dwellings (use class C3) with associated refuse storage & cycle parking. The class E use remains unaltered on the ground floor
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Worley E
- Postcode
- MK40 1LN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would include suitable arrangements for refuse collection from the site under condition G.1.(d)(v) of the GPDO
What decided it
The identification of an acceptable collection point within the adopted highway at the end of Brace Street on hardstanding, within the 25m drag distance, with no requirement for waste collection vehicles to operate differently from current arrangements for nearby properties.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 29 (viii)Policy 32 (v)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Bedford Borough Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Dismissed19 October 202660117841 Wood Road, Harrold, Bedford, MK43 7BS
- Dismissed16 October 2026601330411 Earls Holme, Bedford, MK42 8PG
- Allowed15 October 2026601197826 Becher Close, Renhold, MK41 0LP
- Allowed23 September 2026336437644 Portway , Great Denham , Bedford , MK40 4GB
- Allowed21 September 2026337340014 Woodman Way, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9RX
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®