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14-16 Luton Road Luton Chatham ME4 5AA

MC/18/0249Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 14 June 2018

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of existing office and ancillary accommodation at lower ground, first and second floors to create three 1-bedroom flats and retention two A2 (professional and financial services) spaces to ground floor, incorporating 3 parking spaces to rear and associated works

Received
23 January 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Luton And Wayfield Ward
Agent
S W D Surveying Limited
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided14 Jun

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 14-16 Luton Road Luton Chatham ME4 5AA. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
7 March 2018
Consultation expiry
3 April 2018
Consultation start
13 March 2018
Consultation end
3 April 2018
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2018
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2018
Last date for comments
3 April 2018
Target decision date
2 May 2018

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 April 2018
Site notice end
3 April 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06606804
Comments
0
Documents
8
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. 2018
    5 Dec

    Conversion of existing office and ancillary accommodation into 3 x one bedroom flats and two retail units…

    Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationRelatedMC/18/3487
  2. 2018
    23 Jan

    Conversion of existing office and ancillary accommodation at lower ground, first and second floors to create…

    This applicationRefusedFullMC/18/0249

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