A national shortage of qualified planning staff has resulted in vacancies within our planning team. This has led to some unavoidable delays in our handling of planning applications. To address this, we have launched a fresh recruitment campaign. We appreciate your patience at this time. Our dedicated team are committed and working hard to ensure you receive your planning decision as quickly as possible.
If you already have an allocated planning officer, they will contact you / your agent directly as required, to progress your application. To find out more about the planning process and what to do please see: www.bedford.gov.uk/planning-applicants-agents. Customer Service staff are unable to offer any additional assistance at this stage.
The answers to the questions below are all dealt with on the planning comments page, once on this page, please click on the relevant link in the menu.
Telephone: 01234 718068
8.45am to 5.15pm (Monday to Thursday) and 8.45am to 4.45pm (Friday)
Email: planning@bedford.gov.uk
Post: Planning Services, 4th Floor, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP