Planning application
72 Seymour Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7AE
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from a residential dwelling (C3 Use Class) to a children's care home (C2 Use Class)
As published by the council, reference MC/25/1974
Application record
- Reference
- MC/25/1974
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refusal
- Received
- 2 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 2 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 27 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Luton
- Postcode
- ME5 7AE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Medway register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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MC/25/2340 Decided
72 Seymour Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7AE
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Oct 2025
Received by Medway
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27 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Refusal
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7 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Design and Plan Consultants Ltd Agent, a design practice registered in Southall
Active · incorporated 2013 · Southall
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- CASE OFFICER REPORT
- FULL REFUSAL
- REDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN AND BLOCK PLANS
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
About this record
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