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Loft conversion planning permission refused in Milton Keynes

Most were refused over design. We read 34 of the 37 loft conversions and dormers Milton Keynes refused in the last three years and sorted each by what its reasons were about. Each dot is one of them.

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  1. Design and character of the area 27 of 34

  2. Highways and parking 4 of 34

  3. Insufficient information 4 of 34

  4. Neighbours' amenity 4 of 34

  5. Heritage assets 2 of 34

  6. Living conditions for future occupiers 2 of 34

  7. Trees, landscape and ecology 2 of 34

Each dot is one refusal. A refusal usually gives more than one reason, so it can stand in more than one row.

Of the 34 refusals of loft conversions and dormers Milton Keynes made in the last three years that we read, 79% were refused at least in part over design or the character of the area. Plan Forecast, 4 November 2026.

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Design and character of the area

of the refusals we read

27 of the 34 loft conversions and dormers Milton Keynes refused that we read gave a reason about how the work looked, or how it sat in its street: its size, its shape, its materials.

How the councils compare

  • Leeds 88%
  • Trafford 87%
  • Bromley 85%
  • Epping Forest 79%
  • Milton Keynes 79%
  • York 78%
  • Manchester 70%
  • Ealing 69%
  • North Yorkshire 65%
  • Buckinghamshire 58%
  • Croydon 58%
  • Westminster 46%

Share of each council's refused loft conversions and dormers we read that gave a reason about it.

Also cited

  • Highways and parking 4 of 34
  • Insufficient information 4 of 34
  • Neighbours' amenity 4 of 34
  • Heritage assets 2 of 34
  • Living conditions for future occupiers 2 of 34
  • Trees, landscape and ecology 2 of 34

Policies cited most

The plans and policies Milton Keynes' refusals named, each counted once a refusal.

  • D1 28 of 34
  • D2 28 of 34
  • D3 27 of 34
  • D5 5 of 34
  • National Planning Policy Framework 5 of 34
  • CT2 4 of 34

How we count

These are Milton Keynes' own refusals of loft conversions and dormers, decided in the last three years and listed on its register. For each one we read the decision notice and sorted its reasons by what they were about. 3 we have not read yet; they are counted as refusals and not as refusals without reasons.

A refusal usually gives more than one reason, so the shares add up to more than a hundred. Which refusals they were, where, and what each said, is in the Planning Forecast for your address, with a link to each council's own notice.

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