Manor Farm Buckingham Road Whitchurch Buckinghamshire HP22 4RB Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03391/PNC - Prior Appr Refused

Proposal

Prior notification under Class R of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 - Change of use of agricultural building into flexible industrial processes (Use Class E(g)(iii)) and storage and distribution business (Use Class B8) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:57

Application progress

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Received

23 Apr 2026

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Consultation

23 Apr 2026

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Refused

8 Jun 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 8 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 7

Public footpath about 21 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.

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Conservation area about 43 m away: Whitchurch; Scheduled monument about 237 m away: Bolebec Castle, a motte and bailey castle 300m west of St John's Church; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Whitchurch (Buckinghamshire) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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

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, 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.

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Prior Appr
Postcode: HP22 4RB
Received: 23 Apr 2026
Validated: 23 Apr 2026
Ward: Quainton
Parish: Whitchurch
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Jun 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Refused
Decision date: 8 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Amet Property

How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 11 days slower than Buckinghamshire's median of 35 for agricultural works. Refused, as 30% of agricultural works here are.

This one46d

Council35d

UK44d

82%decided within 8 weeks

70%approved

149decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 23 Apr 2026
Consultation: 23 Apr 2026
Comments by: 2 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 12 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Buckinghamshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#284 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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