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196 Windsor Street, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5DR

PLN/2026/0041Householder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 19 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of outbuilding with amendments to as built (retrospective)

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wolverton
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 196 WINDSOR STREET, WOLVERTON, MILTON KEYNES, MK12 5DR. Milton Keynes has handled 1,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Milton Keynes's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Wolverton. We hold 90 applications in total for the MK12 postcode area.

89% of full 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal, by reason of its poor-quality and mismatched materials, inappropriate scale and form, and cramped siting against both the host dwelling and boundary, would result in an incoherent and visually intrusive addition that would fragment the rear garden into unusable leftover spaces dominated by low-quality built form and would perpetuate the incremental erosion of design quality. This would harm the character and appearance of the site and wider area. The development is therefore contrary to Policies D1, D2 and D3 of Plan:MK.
  2. By reason of its approximately 2.75m height on the shared boundary, siting within a constrained part of the plot adjacent to a circa 3.5m-wide pinch-point in the neighbour’s garden, and proximity of around 50cm to a window on the host dwelling, the outbuilding would create an unduly overbearing and enclosing relationship that would diminish light levels and materially reduce the usability and enjoyment of both the neighbouring dwellings and application sites' garden space.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
MK12 5DR
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolverton and Greenleys

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Application expires
19 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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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