Marble Arch Farm Oving Road Quainton Buckinghamshire HP22 4FW Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03126/AGN - Prior Appr Refused

Proposal

Notification of agricultural or forestry development under Schedule 2, Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for two agricultural barns for storage/workshop/feed/lambing shed and hardstanding Data via plota.co.uk

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

Application progress

✓

Received

27 Apr 2026

✗

Refused

22 May 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 22 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 22 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Case Officer Report · 22 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

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 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 4FW
Received: 27 Apr 2026
Validated: 27 Apr 2026
Ward: Waddesdon
Parish: Waddesdon
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 May 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Refused
Decision date: 22 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Cadmonkies

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, 10 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 35 for agricultural works. Refused, as 30% of agricultural works here are.

This one25d

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

Statutory expiry: 24 May 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

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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