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Planning Complaints

You can contact Planning Services Department using the following:

write to or visit:
Bedford Borough Council
Town Hall
St Paul's Square
Bedford
MK40 1SJ

telephone: 01234 221729

email: planning@bedford.gov.uk


If you have a complaint about the Planning Services Department then please go through the Council's Compaints Procedure. If you are still not happy then you can go to the Local Government Ombudsman, who is an independent person that investigates allegations of maladministration causing injustice to the person who has complained.

If your application is refused or if the Council does not make a decision on it within the given period, you have the right of appeal to the Planning Inspectorate who will determine the appeal. You must appeal within 6 months from the date of the decision notice or if no decision notice has been issued then 6 months from the date that the decision was due to be made. For further information on appeals click here.

If you want to make a complaint about a development you believe does not have planning permission or does not comply with planning conditions then please contact our Planning Enforcement Officers. Click here for further information on enforcement.



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