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Bank House, 171 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EB

Refused Milton Keynes 23/00550/FUL Full planning permission

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Redevelopment of Bank House (including demolition) of up to 20 storeys to provide a mixture of up to 355 residential (Use Class C3) units and flexible uses across ground and upper ground floors for retail and/or restaurant/cafe and/or office/co-working/flexible workspace (all Use Class E), with access, amenity/landscaping, car and cycle parking spaces and associated site works

As published by the council, reference 23/00550/FUL

Application record

Reference
23/00550/FUL
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Application Refused
Received
2 Mar 2023
Validated
8 Mar 2023
Decided
15 Nov 2023
Ward
Central Milton Keynes (Historic 2026)
Parish
Central Milton Keynes
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
MK9 1EB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Milton Keynes register

This site has had 14 applications since 2023: 9 approved, 3 refused.

  • PLN/2026/1867 Awaiting decision

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by conditions 3 (Hard and soft landscaping) of permission ref. PLN/2025/2296

    Submitted 4 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/1756 Awaiting decision

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 7 (surface water drainage) of permission ref. PLN/2025/2296

    Submitted 20 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/1717 Granted

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by conditions 8 (Solar PV Panels),10 (Sustainability),12 (Ecological Enhancement Plan), 21 (Site Waste Management Plan) and 22 (Construction Method Statement) of permission ref. PLN/2025/2296

    Decided 8 Oct 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/1418 Granted

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 7 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) of permission ref. PLN/2025/0969

    Decided 28 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/1272 Granted

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 12 (Ecological Enhancement Plan) of permission ref. PLN/2025/0969

    Decided 7 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/1014 Granted

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 8 (Solar Panels and ASHP Details) of permission ref. 23/00550/FUL

    Decided 8 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/0895 Refused

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 3 (Hard & Soft Landscaping) of permission ref. PLN/2025/0969

    Decided 25 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/0801 Refused

    Bank House, 171 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 7 (Surface water drainage) of permission ref. 23/00550/FUL

    Decided 26 May 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/0760 Granted

    Bank House, 171 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 10 (Air Quality) of permission ref. 23/00550/FUL

    Decided 4 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/0735 Granted

    Bank House, 171 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 21 (SWMP) of permission ref. PLN/2025/0969

    Decided 18 Jun 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Mar 2023

    Received by Milton Keynes

  2. 8 Mar 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 15 Nov 2023

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  4. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

5 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • PLN/2026/1014 Granted

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 8 (Solar Panels and ASHP Details) of permission ref. 23/00550/FUL

    Decided 8 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/0801 Refused

    Bank House, 171 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 7 (Surface water drainage) of permission ref. 23/00550/FUL

    Decided 26 May 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/0760 Granted

    Bank House, 171 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EB

    Approval of details required by condition 10 (Air Quality) of permission ref. 23/00550/FUL

    Decided 4 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2026/0555 Granted

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    The modification of a planning obligation under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 dated 2nd July 2024 and relating to permission ref. 23/00550/FUL, seeking to reduce the amount of affordable housing contribution due to viability

    Decided 30 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • PLN/2025/2296 Granted

    BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 5 (cycle storage), 6 (vehicle parking spaces) seeking to reduce two wheeler parking spaces from 18 to 10 and blue badge spaces from 11 to 4 with increase in car parking spaces from 27 to 34 (relating to permission ref. PLN/2025/0969 (Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 5 (cycle storage), 6 (vehicle parking spaces), and 13 (kerbs and edging appearance) seeking to reconfigure and increase the basement level plant space, redistribute cycle parking, reduce two wheeler parking spaces from 44 to 18, increase car parking spaces from 22 to 27, alterations to apartment sizes with 3 apartments increasing from 1 to 2 beds, 26 apartments from studios to 1 beds and alterations to the curtain wall façade of the south elevation (relating to permission ref. 23/00550/FUL (Redevelopment of Bank House (including demolition) of up to 20 storeys to provide a mixture of up to 355 residential (Use Class C3) units and flexible uses across ground and upper ground floors for retail and/or restaurant/cafe and/or office/co-working/flexible workspace (all Use Class E), with access, amenity/landscaping, car and cycle parking spaces and associated site works)

    Decided 5 Aug 2026 Amendments

Documents

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

292 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Milton Keynes 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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Nearby applications

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  • BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    PLN/2026/0555 Submitted 11 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    The modification of a planning obligation under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 dated 2nd July 2024 and relating to permission ref. 23/00550/FUL, seeking to reduce the amount of affordable housing contribution due to viability

    Granted Conditions 9 docs

  • Bank House, 171 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EB

    PLN/2026/0641 Submitted 24 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Approval of details required by condition 22 (Construction Method Statement) of permission ref. PLN/2025/0969

    Granted Conditions 5 docs

  • BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    PLN/2025/2296 Submitted 29 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 5 (cycle storage), 6 (vehicle parking spaces) seeking to reduce two wheeler parking spaces from 18 to 10 and blue badge spaces from 11 to 4 with increase in car parking spaces from 27 to 34 (relating to permission ref. PLN/2025/0969 (Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 5 (cycle storage), 6 (vehicle parking spaces), and 13 (kerbs and edging appearance) seeking to reconfigure and increase the basement level plant space, redistribute cycle parking, reduce two wheeler parking spaces from 44 to 18, increase car parking spaces from 22 to 27, alterations to apartment sizes with 3 apartments increasing from 1 to 2 beds, 26 apartments from studios to 1 beds and alterations to the curtain wall façade of the south elevation (relating to permission ref. 23/00550/FUL (Redevelopment of Bank House (including demolition) of up to 20 storeys to provide a mixture of up to 355 residential (Use Class C3) units and flexible uses across ground and upper ground floors for retail and/or restaurant/cafe and/or office/co-working/flexible workspace (all Use Class E), with access, amenity/landscaping, car and cycle parking spaces and associated site works)

    Granted Amendments New dwelling Demolition 8 docs
    Several homes

  • BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    PLN/2026/1756 Submitted 20 Aug 2026 50 yards away

    79% historically approved · decision due ~15 Oct

    Approval of details required by condition 7 (surface water drainage) of permission ref. PLN/2025/2296

    Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs

  • BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    PLN/2026/1717 Submitted 14 Aug 2026 50 yards away

    Approval of details required by conditions 8 (Solar PV Panels),10 (Sustainability),12 (Ecological Enhancement Plan), 21 (Site Waste Management Plan) and 22 (Construction Method Statement) of permission ref. PLN/2025/2296

    Granted Conditions 20 docs

  • BANK HOUSE, 171 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1EB

    PLN/2026/0895 Submitted 30 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Approval of details required by condition 3 (Hard & Soft Landscaping) of permission ref. PLN/2025/0969

    Refused Conditions 20 docs

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    32 SHUTTLEWORTH GROVE, WAVENDON GATE, MILTON KEYNES, MK7 7RY

    Change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to a five-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation for five residents (Class C4) (Retrospective)

    Received 12 May, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
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    GREAT LINFORD SPORTS PAVILION, MARSH DRIVE, GREAT LINFORD, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 5HH

    Proposed single storey extension to existing sports pavilion formed by enclosing and roofing over the existing walled storage yard which is enclosed on 3 sides by the existing building

    Received 3 Aug, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Full applications
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    6, High Street, Olney, MK46 4BB

    Proposed replacement of the existing external storage area and container storage unit with a new storage building, new surfacing and erection of brick wall with piers

    Received 7 Aug, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • PLN/2026/1445 Granted

    UNIT 1, XSCAPE BUILDING, 602 MARLBOROUGH GATE, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 3XA

    The erection of a pergola style covered outdoor seating area

    Received 8 Jul, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Full applications
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    ROMANS FIELD SCHOOL, 202-208 SHENLEY ROAD, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 7AW

    The construction of a single storey standalone specialist education building, together with associated parking, access and circulation works, hard and soft landscaping, drainage and other ancillary works (Regulation 3 application under the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992)

    Received 30 Sep, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Full applications