Planning applications in our area

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Current planning applications in our area

To view each individual planning application, please go to the Milton Keynes City Council Public Access System. If the links below become unavailable, you can still view the applications by copying and pasting the unique reference number (all of which are below) for each planning application that you are searching for in Milton Keynes City Council's Public Access System. 

• Application no PLN/2024/2749: Change of Use from allocated employment sites to residential development for the creation of 113 residential dwellings. At: Newton Leys Development Site, Sark Drive. The above application can be viewed via Milton Keynes Council's Public Access System. Any comments you may have about the proposal must be received by 27 January 2025.

• Application no PLN/2024/2578: The erection of ground floor rear extension. At: 79 Brooklands Road, Bletchley, MK2 2RW. The above application can be viewed via Milton Keynes Council's Public Access System. Any comments you may have about the proposal must be received by 03 February 2025.

• Application no PLN/2025/0010: Consultation on Scoping Opinion for East West Railway Co Ltd for an Order granting Development Consent for the East West Rail to enable the operation of trains between Oxford and Cambridge, comprising a new railway line between Bedford Station and Cambridge Station, including associated works to the railway network in and around Oxford, Bicester, Winslow, Bletchley and on the Marston Vale Railway Line between Bletchley and Bedford, and changes to level crossings and to stations as well as the provision of new facilities. At: Land between Oxford and Cambridge along the East West Railway Line. The above application can be viewed via Milton Keynes Council's Public Access System. Any comments you may have about the proposal must be received by 03 February 2025.

• Application no PLN/2025/0043: Prior Approval of single storey rear extension, with eaves of 3 metres and maximum height of 4 metres, extending 6 metres from the original rear wall. At: 32 Water Eaton Road, Bletchley, MK2 3BX. The above application can be viewed via Milton Keynes Council's Public Access System. Any comments you may have about the proposal must be received by 17 February 2025.

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Recent Planning application outcomes and details:

For further planning application decisions made by Milton Keynes Council please view them on the Milton Keynes City Council's Public Access System

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Further information about planning in our area

Individual Planning Applications

The town council aims to review all planning applications which are made in our parish and submit our considered comments to Milton Keynes City Council which is the Local Planning Authority. The town council is not a planning authority and Milton Keynes City Council does not have to agree with our views although it does have to consider them before it decides to grant or refuse planning permission.

The town council’s comments on proposed developments are made on behalf of the whole community and must be relevant to national and local planning policies and the legal framework for decision making.

Planning applications are reviewed in Full Council or the Planning Committee meetings and members of the public are encouraged to attend these meetings to observe decision-making, to contact and to submit written representations to the town council or to speak during the public speaking time at council meetings.

Please visit the Milton Keynes City Council's Public Access System to access planning applications in the local area.

 Local Development Plan and Regeneration

The town council also aims to influence the planning policies of Milton Keynes City Council especially those contained in the local development plan (Draft Plan:MK, Local Plan and Core Strategy etc). This is undertaken by participating in consultations on behalf of the community and actively advocating for the community on issues such as location of housing, joined up infrastructure and homes, completion of the east/west rail link, the development of an Oxford-Cambridge expressway and development of the town centre among others. The town council recognises that existing facilities within Bletchley need investment and regeneration and the town council is working with Milton Keynes City Council and others to promote and support positive redevelopment. 

Planning applications are reviewed in council or committee meetings and members of the public are encouraged to attend these meetings to observe decision-making, to contact and to submit written representations to the Town Council or to speak during the public speaking time at council meetings. You can contact the town council by calling 01908 649 469 or by emailing [email protected]

Central Bletchley Urban Design Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

Milton Keynes City Council has published an Urban Design Framework as a ‘Supplementary Planning Document’ that provides additional planning guidance for future development within the Central Bletchley Prospectus Area.

Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Town Deal

The government announced the approval of a £22.7mn investment plan for Bletchley and Fenny Stratford from the £3.6bn Towns Fund. The Towns Fund aims to improve the economic sustainability of towns with a focus on creating jobs, supporting town centres, boosting businesses and connecting people to where they live and work. The funding will support the delivery of a number of key projects that will help to bring major improvements to the Bletchley and Fenny Stratford area. More information on the Town Deal is available on the Groundbreaking Bletchley and Fenny website.     

Neighbourhood Plans

There is currently one adopted Neighbourhood Plan in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford. Following a referendum the Lakes Estate Neighbourhood Plan became part of the Development Plan for Milton Keynes in October 2015 and is used alongside the Local Plan and Core Strategy when considering development proposals within the area covered by the plan. Policies in the Lakes Estate Neighbourhood Plan have informed planning decisions for the Lakes Estate, including regeneration. The Lakes Estate Neighbourhood Plan will be refreshed at a later date.

You can find out more about the new proposed Neighbourhood Plan for the rest of our area by visiting the Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Neighbourhood Plan website.