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Allowed31 March 20253344711

599 Jaipur and Orchard Lounge, Grafton Gate, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1AT

Planning appeal 3344711 at 599 Jaipur and Orchard Lounge, Grafton Gate, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 1AT (Milton Keynes Council) was allowed on 31 March 2025 by Inspector Nicholson D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the objective of promoting Central Milton Keynes as a location for business-related knowledge based activity.

Demolition of vacant 2-storey building (Class E) and the erection of a 33-storey building comprising commercial floorspace (Class E) on the ground floor and mezzanine level with residential units on upper floors comprising up to 302 dwellings and associated works. EIA development

Authority
Milton Keynes Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Unknown
Inspector
Nicholson D
Postcode
MK9 1AT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the objective of promoting Central Milton Keynes as a location for business-related knowledge based activity
  • the provision of parking spaces, including spaces for those with disabilities and for charging electric vehicles
  • the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the extent of active ground floor frontage
  • the contribution that setting makes to the significance of designated and non-designated heritage assets
  • the living conditions of future residents with regard to external amenity space

What decided it

The substantial weight given to the increased affordable housing contribution and other public benefits outweighed the identified harms, including the less than substantial heritage harm.

The less than substantial harm to heritage assets and other identified harms (business use, parking, active frontage, amenity space) were outweighed by the public benefits, particularly the substantial affordable housing contribution and brownfield housing delivery.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy D3Policy G9Policy DS3Policy CT10CMKAP Policy T4Policy SD1Policy D1Policy D5Policy HN2Policy NE3Policy CT3Policy SC1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 125Paragraph 215Paragraph 216

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