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43 - 47A Luton High Street Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7LP

Refused Medway MC/24/0251 Full Application

Works: New dwelling Demolition Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Demolition of a two-storey building (E Class and C3 Class) and single storey building (E-Class) and construction of a four-storey building comprising 24 x self-contained flats (13 x 1-bedroom and 11 x 2-bedroom flats), 3 x commercial units and 3 x offices with associated refuse/recycling and cycle store

As published by the council, reference MC/24/0251

Application record

Reference
MC/24/0251
Type
Full Application
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refusal
Received
5 Feb 2024
Validated
5 Apr 2024
Decided
19 Dec 2024
Ward
Luton
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
ME5 7LP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Feb 2024

    Received by Medway

  2. 5 Apr 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Refusal

  4. 10 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Directive Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Cardiff

Dissolved · incorporated 2020 · Cardiff

5 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

50 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Medway refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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