From a first telephone call on 28 April, to permission granted today, with the applicant wishing to have no conditions, it has taken just 14 weeks to successfully gain consent for a B8 trade counter unit in Bedford.  For us the main issue was car parking, and the number of spaces required given the retail element.  We got there with a couple of iterations and help from a responsive highways officers at Bedford Borough Council.  Team work provided by Tungsten Properties, Pegasus Group, and HTC Architects.