Land to the North of Fulmer Street, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes Data via plota.co.uk

PLN/2026/0670 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

The proposed works comprise of a new public art sculpture situated adjacent to the existing footpath and including local ecology interpretation boards. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:58

Application progress

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Received

30 Mar 2026

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Approved

22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Aug 2026

Documents 12

Site constraints 5

2 Article 4 directions

Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Non immediate direction · Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Scheduled monument about 39 m away: The Toot: a motte and bailey castle and later manorial complex 450m south west of St Mary's Church

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 37 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Milton Keynes
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: MK5
Received: 30 Mar 2026
Validated: 30 Mar 2026
Ward: Loughton & Shenley (Historic 2026)
Parish: Shenley Church End
Target decision: 25 May 2026
Decision: Approved with Conditions
Decision date: 22 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
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How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 5 days faster than Milton Keynes's median of 58 for full applications. Approved, as 73% of full applications here are.

This one53d

Council58d

UK56d

50%decided within 8 weeks

73%approved

283decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Milton Keynes in the last twelve months, from validation. Milton Keynes decision record →

Public comments

2comments received

1 objecting1 neutral

Last counted 23 Aug 2026

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Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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Milton Keynes

Planning Authority Score

7.1/10

Good

#59 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Milton Keynes is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #52 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Milton Keynes decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #156 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #159 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #52 of 296

28%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #45 of 296

55%

Minor dwellings approved

66 decided (1-9 homes)

83%

Major dwellings approved

23 decided (10+ homes)

71%

Change of use approved

49 decided

1,088

Total decisions

134 refused in the year to March 2026

Land to the North of Fulmer Street, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 1

Other documents 1