Penny Royal Dukes Wood Drive Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire SL9 7LW Data via plota.co.uk

Decided PL/25/5596/FA
Appeal
Allowed · 10 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6007524 ↗
Council
Buckinghamshire 1.3/10
Date received
around 13 Nov 2025
Date validated
13 Nov 2025
Postcode
SL9 7LW

Description

Part single storey, part two storey side and rear extension. Roof alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Planning committee

Decided by Buckinghamshire East & South Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee on 31 Mar 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Refused

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because the bat surveys had expired and updated ecological information was needed.
  • The town council and residents raised concerns about light, overdevelopment, privacy, overlooking, overshadowing and the trees.
  • Members voted to refuse the application on ecology grounds, in line with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Buckinghamshire's committee minutes of 31 Mar 2026.

Site constraints 6

Tree preservation order
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
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
Radon affected area, class 2; Registered park or garden 167 m away: Bulstrode Park; Inside the Gerrards Cross built-up area; National infrastructure project 1857 m away: SDC M40 Campus, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 7 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £685,000 in August 2001. Detached house, freehold.

8 August 2001£685,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Buckinghamshire
Planning Authority Score
1.3/10
Poor
#284 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Buckinghamshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #280 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Buckinghamshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #217 of 296
86%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #241 of 296
34%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #280 of 296
55%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #248 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
491 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
71 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
131 decided
4,446
Total decisions
690 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use