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61 Upper Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7BH

MC/26/0143Certificate of Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Application for a Lawful development Certificate (Proposed) for change of use from existing dwelling to supported living accommodation for up to 5 adults (use class C3 (b)); Relocation to the rear door.

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Luton
Agent
Acorn Planning Ltd
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 61 Upper Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7BH. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 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 7BH
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026
Permission expires
20 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Acorn Planning Ltd
Agent address
7 Gainsborough Close Bracebridge Heath Lincoln LN4 2GY

Planning decision

Case officer
Arron Nicholls
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14662617
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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