First Floor Sherriff House Beaconsfield Road Farnham Common Buckinghamshire SL2 3QH Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/04400/PAPCR - Prior Appr Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for conversion of existing offices to dwelinghouse (flat) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
29 May 2026
Consultation
2 Jun 2026
Approved
16 Jul 2026

Approved on 16 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Aug 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation 241 m away: Burnham Beeches
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.
Also on the record
SSSI 241 m away: Burnham Beeches SSSI; Inside the Farnham Common and Farnham Royal built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 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

Application type
Prior Appr
Postcode
SL2 3QH
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Farnhams and Stoke Poges
Parish
Farnham Royal Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
16 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
R M Hillier Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, 8 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 68% of changes of use here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
104decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

22 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
2 Jun 2026
Consultation
2 Jun 2026
Comments by
23 Jun 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
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