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Search the Public Notice PortalBlue-badge parking at a planned tower of up to 20 storeys containing as many as 355 homes is to be slashed by almost two-thirds.
Milton Keynes City Council has approved changes to the major redevelopment of Bank House in Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes.
The decision will also allow the total number of car parking spaces to increase from 27 to 34, while spaces for motorcycles and motor scooters will fall from 18 to 10.
The wider permission covers the demolition of the former three-storey Bank House office building and its replacement with a development of up to 20 storeys.
Alongside as many as 355 homes, it could contain shops, restaurants, cafés, offices or flexible workspaces across its ground and upper-ground floors.
The redevelopment was initially refused by the council in November 2023 but allowed on appeal in July 2024.
Under the scheme approved at appeal, 22 car parking spaces were proposed, including 11 accessible spaces, alongside 44 spaces for powered two-wheelers.
A subsequent application reduced two-wheeler spaces to 18 and increased the total number of car parking spaces to 27.
The latest changes will reduce the number of blue-badge spaces from 11 to four and two-wheeler spaces from 18 to 10, while increasing the total number of car parking spaces from 27 to 34.
Planning officers acknowledged that the changes were considered controversial because they returned the accessible parking provision to the level included in the scheme originally refused by councillors.
However, council officers concluded that the revised arrangements complied with Milton Keynes’ parking standards.
They said the standards require one accessible parking space for each home designed to disabled-access standards.
Officers said no disabled-access homes of the type triggering that requirement were proposed, meaning no accessible parking spaces were required under the standards.
They acknowledged previous concerns about the development providing fewer accessible spaces than its 23 readily adaptable market homes.
However, officers said the scheme complied with the relevant standards and those concerns could not substantiate or justify refusing permission.
The applicant said it had chosen to retain four blue-badge spaces to maintain accessibility and avoid alterations being required later.
It said providing additional car parking would make more efficient use of surplus space within the building’s basement.
All 34 car parking spaces would be provided with electric-vehicle charging facilities.
The council’s highways officer raised no objection and said the revisions were acceptable.
Officers also said the changes would not harm the surrounding highway network, while the building’s internal parking layout would continue to allow vehicles to move safely.
No representations were received from interested parties, while Central Milton Keynes Town Council and the area’s three ward councillors submitted no comments.
The council formally approved the changes, under application PLN/2025/2296, on August 5.
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