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226 - 232 Chatham Hill Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7BA

MC/25/0038Outline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 March 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Outline application with all matters reserved for residential development - demolition of existing buildings

Received
13 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Luton
Agent
KCR Design
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 226 - 232 Chatham Hill Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7BA. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 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 outline 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 7BA
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2025
Consultation expiry
11 February 2025
Consultation start
21 January 2025
Consultation end
11 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2025
Last date for comments
11 February 2025
Target decision date
10 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
KCR Design
Agent address
6 Chada Avenue Gillingham ME7 4BN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 January 2025
Site notice end
11 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13686807
Documents
9
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.

Source: Medway

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