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28 Luton Road Luton Chatham ME4 5AA

MC/17/1893Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 31 July 2017

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion of existing mixed use (A1/C3) building into an A1 unit (ground floor); two 1 bedroom flats (basement and first floor) together with the construction of a front entrance porch and associated works

Received
29 May 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Luton And Wayfield Ward
Agent
S W D Surveying Limited
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 28 Luton Road Luton Chatham ME4 5AA. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME4 5AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2017
Consultation expiry
30 June 2017
Consultation start
9 June 2017
Consultation end
30 June 2017
Neighbour consultation start
9 June 2017
Neighbour consultation end
30 June 2017
Last date for comments
30 June 2017
Target decision date
1 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
S W D Surveying Limited
Agent address
16 Cranford Close Rainham Gillingham ME8 7HD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 June 2017
Site notice end
30 June 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06067350
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Luton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2017
    15 Sep

    Conversion of existing mixed use (A1/C3) building into a single A1 unit, together with one C3 three bedroom…

    Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationRelatedMC/17/3194
  2. 2017
    29 May

    Conversion of existing mixed use (A1/C3) building into an A1 unit (ground floor); two 1 bedroom flats…

    This applicationRefusedFullMC/17/1893

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