First Floor 41 - 43 Castle Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6RN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for change of use of first floor from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to 4no. studio flats (Use Class C3) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Associated applications 3
- Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)…
Conditions 1 awaiting decision
Site constraints 6
Checked on 12 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 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
- Prior Appr
- Postcode
- HP13 6RN
- Received
- around 14 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 14 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Abbey
- Parish
- High Wycombe Unparished Area
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 11 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Decision date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Agent
- Ridge and Partners
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 76% of changes of use here are.
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.
12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 19 Jan 2026
- Consultation
- 19 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 17 Feb 2026
- Site or press notice
- 27 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 11 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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%).
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.
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