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Harben House, Severn Drive, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9EY

PLN/2025/2424Prior approval: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 January 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of office/commercial space to 61 dwellinghouses, comprising 40 studio flats, 14 1-bed flats, and 7 2-bed flats

Received
10 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newport Pagnell South
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at HARBEN HOUSE, SEVERN DRIVE, NEWPORT PAGNELL, MK16 9EY. Milton Keynes has handled 522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Newport Pagnell South. We hold 417 applications in total for the MK16 postcode area.

80% 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
MK16 9EY
Application type
Prior approval: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
61
Parish
Newport Pagnell

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Application expires
7 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14440047
Documents
29

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: 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

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: Milton Keynes

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