Bridge Cottage Church Lane Great Kimble Buckinghamshire HP17 9TH Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03265/SA - Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Refused

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed erection of a below ground swimming pool with associated ASHP / Plant Enclosure and surrounding paving to pool. Data via plota.co.uk

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

Application progress

✓

Received

20 Apr 2026

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Refused

10 Jun 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 10 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF E25-123 PLANNING STATEMENT BRIDGE COTTAGE Additional Information · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 13

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

Read the government guidance ↗

Chilterns National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Article 4 direction

Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Priority habitat: No main habitat but additional habitats present

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Scheduled monument about 89 m away: Dial Hill Roman barrow, 50m north west of St Nicholas'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 ↗

Special area of conservation about 193 m away: Chilterns Beechwoods

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Public footpath about 25 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Manor Farm Barn, Grade II, about 57 m from the postcode pin

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.

Historic England ↗

SSSI about 193 m away: Ellesborough and Kimble Warrens SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Registered park or garden about 193 m away: Chequers; Inside the Great Kimble built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,375,000 in April 2025. Other property, freehold.

14 April 2025£1,375,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Postcode: HP17 9TH
Received: 20 Apr 2026
Validated: 20 Apr 2026
Ward: Ridgeway East
Parish: Great and Little Kimble Cum Marsh
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Jun 2026
Decision: Cert of Law PROPOSED-refused
Decision date: 10 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Alistair Riley Architects Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 5 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for extensions. Refused, as 18% of extensions here are.

This one51d

Council56d

UK55d

54%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

2,226decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 15 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2018 Approved

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AOC/0097/18 15 Feb 2019

2018 Approved

Great Kimble Church Of England School Church Lane Great Kimble Buckinghamshire HP17 9TH

Application for Non-material Amendment for amending the trigger points for the condition…

NMA/0069/2018 6 Aug 2018

2018 Approved

Great Kimble Church Of England School Church Lane Great Kimble Buckinghamshire HP17 9TH

Application for the approval of details pertaining to condition 3 (Archaeology), 4 (Arbor…

AOC/0063/18 6 Aug 2018

2017 Approved

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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