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PL/25/5595/FA - Full Application Approved
DemolitionNew homes

Proposal

Erection of replacement dwelling involving demolition of existing dwelling (revisions to planning approval PL/23/3598/FA). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 8 Jan 2026
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Consultation
13 Jan 2026
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Approved
4 Mar 2026

Approved on 4 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF ECOLOGY_AND_TREES_CHECKLIST_ Additional Information · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF BAT SURVEY MN SOUTHVIEW 2025 V1 Additional Information · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT SOUTHVIEW COTTAGE Design and Access Statement · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF SOUTHVIEW COTTAGE SUBMISSION LETTER Covering Letter · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF REFUSE STRATEGY Additional Information · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 8

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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Chilterns National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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) agrees.
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
5 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 40 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 October 2026. 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £440,000 in August 2014. Detached house, freehold.

6 August 2014£440,000
17 August 1998£166,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area76 m² (818 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (38 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached bungalow, 4 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, LPG
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Buckinghamshire
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
HP7 0QQ
Received
around 8 Jan 2026
Validated
8 Jan 2026
Ward
Amersham and Chesham Bois
Parish
Amersham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
4 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
R Clarke Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 4 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 59 for demolitions. Approved, as 84% of demolitions here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
409decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
13 Jan 2026
Consultation
13 Jan 2026
Comments by
16 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
26 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Mar 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.