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64 Chatham Hill Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7AN

MC/24/2048Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 November 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use from a residential dwelling (Class C3) to a children's care home (Class C2)

Received
8 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Luton
Agent
Design and Plan Consultants Ltd
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 64 Chatham Hill Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7AN. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Luton. 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 7AN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2024
Consultation expiry
12 November 2024
Consultation start
10 October 2024
Consultation end
31 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
11 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2024
Last date for comments
12 November 2024
Target decision date
3 December 2024
Permission expires
29 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Design and Plan Consultants Ltd
Agent address
93 Cotmandene Crescent Orpington Kent BR5 2RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 October 2024
Site notice end
12 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13441196
Documents
7
Constraints
3

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. 2026
    20 Apr

    Details pursuant to condition 4 (Cycle Parking) on planning permission MC/24/2048

    Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0747
  2. 2024
    8 Oct

    Retrospective application for change of use from a residential dwelling (Class C3) to a children's care home…

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/24/2048

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