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49 Luton High Street Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7LP

MC/26/0772Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor retail shop (Class E) to public worship or religious instruction (Class F1 (f))

Received
23 April 2026
Ward
Luton
Agent
Sanaa Designs
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 49 Luton High Street Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7LP. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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 7LP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2026
Consultation expiry
19 May 2026
Consultation start
27 April 2026
Consultation end
19 May 2026
Last date for comments
19 May 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Sanaa Designs
Agent address
18 Grenadier Close Rainham ME8 8NQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Arron Nicholls
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14871359
Comments
0
Documents
4

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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