19 Heath Road Great Brickhill Buckinghamshire MK17 9AL Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/02963/SA - Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Refused

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed installation of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic panels on the south-facing roof slope of the dwellinghouse Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:56

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Application progress

✓

Received

10 Apr 2026

✗

Refused

28 Apr 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 28 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Great Brickhill conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

3 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: 15, Heath Lane, Grade II, 24 m away · 3 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 3 with distances

24 m15, Heath LaneGrade II
81 m9, Heath LaneGrade II
89 m7, Heath LaneGrade II

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

Also on the record

National infrastructure project 614 m away: The Grand Union Canal Transfer, at pre-application; Inside the Great Brickhill built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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 3

Last sold for £650,000 in July 2023. Semi-detached house, freehold.

21 July 2023£650,000

1 July 2010£365,000

14 December 2005£218,500

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

Building

Floor area131 m² (1,410 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (63 out of 100), could reach C

PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Postcode: MK17 9AL
Received: 10 Apr 2026
Validated: 10 Apr 2026
Ward: Newton Longville
Parish: Great Brickhill
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Jun 2026
Decision: Cert of Law PROPOSED-refused
Decision date: 28 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 18 days from validation, 38 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for lawful development certificates. Refused, as 27% of lawful development certificates here are.

This one18d

Council56d

UK51d

67%decided within 8 weeks

73%approved

552decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 5 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.