Bendrose Farm White Lion Road Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire HP7 9LJ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03475/PNAD - Prior Appr Refused

Proposal

Notification under Class Q of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for proposed change of use from agricultural barns to five residential dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
29 Apr 2026
✓
Consultation
30 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
23 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

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.
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Article 4 direction
Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
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; National landscape about 379 m away: Chilterns; Priority habitat about 7 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the Little Chalfont built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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

Application type
Prior Appr
Postcode
HP7 9LJ
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont
Parish
Little Chalfont
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Jun 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Refused
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Battram Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 24% of changes of use here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
220decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
30 Apr 2026
Consultation
30 Apr 2026
Comments by
21 May 2026
Statutory expiry
23 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