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Land Adjoining 5 Upper Luton Road Luton Chatham ME5 7BH

MC/18/0094Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 March 2018

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of two self-contained flats, 1 x 1 bedroom flat at ground level and 1 x 2 bedroom flat at upper two levels, with on road parking

Received
11 January 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Luton And Wayfield Ward
  1. Received11 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjoining 5 Upper Luton Road Luton Chatham ME5 7BH. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 7BH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2018
Consultation expiry
13 February 2018
Consultation start
19 January 2018
Consultation end
9 February 2018
Neighbour consultation start
1 March 2018
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2018
Last date for comments
9 February 2018
Target decision date
13 March 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
13 Lowther Road Kingston KT2 6LL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 February 2018
Site notice start
23 January 2018
Site notice end
13 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06649986
Documents
13
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.

Source: Medway

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