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Westminster House, 500 Avebury Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 2LA

Granted Milton Keynes 22/00138/FUL Full planning permission

Works: Extension

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

The conversion and upward extension (three storeys) to 500 Avebury Boulevard to provide a total of 237 (Build to Rent) residential units (C3), including material alterations to the existing building to facilitate residential conversion and all associated infrastructure including hard and soft landscaping.

As published by the council, reference 22/00138/FUL

Application record

Reference
22/00138/FUL
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Granted As published: Application permitted
Received
21 Jan 2022
Validated
22 Mar 2022
Decided
31 Oct 2023
Ward
Central Milton Keynes (Historic 2026)
Parish
Central Milton Keynes
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
MK9 2LA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jan 2022

    Received by Milton Keynes

  2. 22 Mar 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 31 Oct 2023

    Decision issued: Application permitted

  4. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Documents

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111 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Milton Keynes granted permission on 31 October 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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