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Santander, Chalkdell Drive, Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes, MK5 6LA

21/03650/OUTOutline applicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 October 2023

Council decision: Application permittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hybrid planning application comprising: a) Outline consent (all matters reserved) for up to 178 homes and associated amenity space and b) Full consent for the demolition of the existing office and data room building and the development of 144 dwellings, primary highway and drainage infrastructure, open space and on site play provision.

Received
3 December 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Loughton & Shenley (Historic 2026)
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 676 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Santander, Chalkdell Drive, Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes, MK5 6LA. Milton Keynes has handled 522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 683 days, 90 weeks longer than Milton Keynes's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Loughton & Shenley (Historic 2026). We hold 399 applications in total for the MK5 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at Milton Keynes City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
MK5 6LA
Application type
Outline application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
178
Parish
Shenley Church End

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2021
Consultation expiry
17 March 2023
Consultation start
3 August 2022
Consultation end
5 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
8 July 2022
Target decision date
11 March 2022
Committee meeting
30 March 2023
Application expires
11 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
John Ormond House 899 Silbury Boulevard Milton Keynes MK9 3XJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 December 2021
Advertisement expiry
16 March 2023
Site notice start
17 December 2021
Site notice end
17 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
195

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction+1 more
  • 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

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© 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. 2025
    7 Jan

    Non-material amendment seeking the addition of rooflights to rear lean-to and bi-fold doors to the rear of…

    RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendmentPLN/2025/0032
  2. 2024
    25 Jul

    Approval of details required by condition 12 (Landscape management plan) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01627/DISCON
  3. 2024
    24 May

    Approval of details required by condition 12 (Landscape management plan) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/01176/DISCON
  4. 2024
    1 May

    Approval of details required by condition 14 (Lighting plan) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions24/00992/DISCON
  5. 2023
    27 Dec

    Approval of reserved matters (landscape, layout, scale and appearance) pursuant to the hybrid outline…

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelated23/02909/REM
  6. 2023
    16 Nov

    Approval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) pursuant to outline permission ref…

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelated23/02597/REM
  7. 2023
    20 Oct

    Approval of details required by conditions 18 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) and 19 (Management of Surface…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/02361/DISCON
  8. 2023
    18 Oct

    Approval of details required by condition 4 (Archaeological Evaluation) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/02333/DISCON
  9. 2023
    18 Oct

    Approval of details required by condition 5 (Road Details) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/02334/DISCON
  10. 2023
    18 Oct

    Approval of details required by condition 7 (EV Charging Point Plan) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/02335/DISCON
  11. 2023
    18 Oct

    Approval of details required by condition 9 (CEMP) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/02336/DISCON
  12. 2023
    18 Oct

    Approval of details required by condition 10 (Landscaping) and 11 (Boundary Treatment) of permission ref…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/02339/DISCON
  13. 2023
    18 Oct

    Approval of details required by condition 12 (LEMP) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions23/02340/DISCON
  14. 2023
    18 Oct

    Approval of details required by condition 16 (Site Waste Management Plan) of permission ref. 21/03650/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/02341/DISCON
  15. 2021
    3 Dec

    Hybrid planning application comprising: a) Outline consent (all matters reserved) for up to 178 homes and…

    This applicationApprovedOutline21/03650/OUT

Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 May

    Non-material amendment seeking to amend first homes to affordable rent resulting in a change to the tenure…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPLN/2025/0889
  2. 2025
    24 Mar

    Non-material amendment seeking to add rooflights to rear lean-to and bi-fold doors to rear of Blenheim House…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPLN/2025/0602
  3. 2024
    7 Nov

    Approval of details required by condition 12 (Boundary Treatments) of permission ref. 23/02909/REM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPLN/2024/2408
  4. 2024
    25 Jul

    Approval of details required by condition 14 (Landscape management plan) of permission ref. 23/02597/REM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01628/DISCON
  5. 2024
    24 May

    Approval of details required by condition 14 (Landscape management plan) of permission ref. 23/02597/REM

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/01177/DISCON
  6. 2024
    10 May

    Approval of details required by condition 18 (SUDS Maintenance) of permission ref. 23/02909/REM

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions24/01069/DISCON

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