16 High Street Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 1EP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Listed building consent for first floor conversion of Class E building into 1 x 2 bedroom residential unit and associated works to ground floor retail unit Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 22 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Site constraints 8
Show all 30 with distances
- 17 m18, High StreetGrade II
- 21 m21, High StreetGrade II
- 22 m23 and 23a, High StreetGrade II
- 25 m16, High StreetGrade II
- 41 m2, Lacey's YardGrade II
- 49 m14a, High StreetGrade II
- 53 m42 and 44, High StreetGrade II
- 57 m7, High StreetGrade II
- 57 m33,33a and 33b, High StreetGrade II
- 66 m8 and 10, High StreetGrade II
- 67 m3 and 5, High StreetGrade II
- 71 m1, Francis YardGrade II
- 74 m4 and 6, High StreetGrade II
- 82 m9, Church StreetGrade II
- 92 m17, Market SquareGrade II
- 97 m15, Market SquareGrade II
- 101 mBotley HouseGrade II
- 102 m13, Market SquareGrade II
- 105 m4, 4a, 6 and 8, Church StreetGrade II
- 105 m18 and 20, Market SquareGrade II
- 108 m11, Market SquareGrade II
- 117 m12-16, Market SquareGrade II
- 117 m9, Market SquareGrade II
- 123 mChesham Underground Station including water tower to south and signal box to south-east
- 124 m7, Market SquareGrade II
- 127 m10, Market SquareGrade II
- 130 m8, Market SquareGrade II
- 146 m4, Red Lion StreetGrade II
- 147 m8 and 10, Red Lion StreetGrade II
- 149 m6, Red Lion StreetGrade II
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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Postcode
- HP5 1EP
- Received
- 27 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 27 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Chesham South
- Parish
- Chesham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Refuse consent
- Decision date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Knight Consulting
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 8 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 64 for listed building works. Refused, as 14% of listed building works here are.
Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 29 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 10 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 20 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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%).
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.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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