Maisie Cottage Bottrells Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4EQ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/05414/FA - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Conversion and extension of existing stable building to create a one bedroom annexe, ancillary to the main house Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 20:54

Application progress

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Received

3 Jul 2026

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Consultation

20 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 28 Aug 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 14 Sept 2026; it is now day 73. The consultation period closed on 14 Aug 2026.

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 3

PDF ECOLOGY AND TREES CHECKLIST Additional Information · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT ANNEXE Additional Information · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF UPDATED ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL 2025 Additional Information · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form and Certificate · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 9

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.

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Ancient woodland 10 m away: Hodgemoor Wood

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

SSSI 13 m away: Hodgemoor Wood SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland

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

Public footpath 27 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 10 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument 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

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: HP8 4EQ
Received: 3 Jul 2026
Validated: 3 Jul 2026
Ward: Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont
Parish: Chalfont St Giles
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Authorised Designs Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 73, past the statutory target. 86% of changes of use in Buckinghamshire are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 2 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 12 Sept 2026.

predicted

Day 7317 days past the 56-day target

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

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 20 Jul 2026
Consultation: 20 Jul 2026
Comments by: 14 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 24 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 28 Aug 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