Hollow Farm Buckingham Road Gawcott Buckinghamshire Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03599/FA - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing outbuildings and erection of self-build detached dwelling and barn-style car port Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

5 Jun 2026

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Consultation

18 Jun 2026

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Approved

5 Aug 2026

Approved on 5 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Aug 2026

Documents 11

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 2

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 3. 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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 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.

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Full Application
Received: 5 Jun 2026
Validated: 5 Jun 2026
Ward: Grendon Underwood and The Claydons
Parish: Gawcott and Lenborough
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Jul 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 5 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Mark Bell Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 61 days from validation, 12 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 73 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 86% of commercial and major works here are.

This one61d

Council73d

UK57d

34%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

111decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 18 Jun 2026
Comments by: 14 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 23 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 31 Jul 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

Hollow Farm Buckingham Road Gawcott Buckinghamshire Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 5

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3