64 Holmer Green Road Hazlemere Buckinghamshire HP15 7BW Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 25/05204/FUL
Date received
around 17 Feb 2025
Date validated
17 Feb 2025
Postcode
HP15 7BW
Freehold owner

Description

Change of use of existing builders merchant and adjacent land to a Plant and Tool Hire use (sui-generis) to include, ancillary retail and office space, Wash Bay, fuel tank and plinth, open storage and workshop Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Buckinghamshire West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee on 24 Sept 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the use was acceptable in principle, with no significant highway or residential amenity harm expected.
  • The parish council and residents raised concerns about traffic, safety, noise, parking, housing and fuel storage near woodland.
  • Members voted in favour of approval in line with the officer’s recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, speakers, committee vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Buckinghamshire's committee minutes of 24 Sept 2025.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Article 4 direction
Former Wycombe Rural District - 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Tree preservation order about 8 m away; National landscape about 350 m away: Chilterns; Inside the Hazlemere built-up area; Priority habitat about 33 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £192,500 in May 2002. Detached house, freehold.

16 May 2002£192,500

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

Building

Floor area134 m² (1,442 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (asset rating 139)
UseOffices and Workshop Businesses
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2024, 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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Buckinghamshire
Planning Authority Score
1.3/10
Poor
#284 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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

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.