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31 Second Avenue Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5AU

MC/26/1281Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions5 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from storage/distribution (Class B8) to an indoor gym (Class E(d)), including internal alterations and windows openings.

Received
3 July 2026
Ward
Luton
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 31 Second Avenue Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5AU. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer 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 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 5AU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Target decision date
28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
GMArchitect
Agent address
Innovation Centre Medway Maidstone Road Chatham Kent ME5 9FD

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephie Theedom
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15049009
Comments
0
Documents
20
Constraints
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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