16 High Heavens Wood Marlow Bottom Buckinghamshire SL7 3QQ Data via plota.co.uk
Description
Redevelopment of site with 20 dwellings (2x1-bedroom, 2x2-bedroom, 7x3-bedroom, and 9x4-bedroom) along with access, parking, and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk
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Decision outlook
Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 538.
Day 538, past the statutory target. 78% of full applications in Buckinghamshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 16 Oct 2026.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →
Planning committee
Decided by Buckinghamshire West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee on 1 Jul 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Residents and consultees raised concerns about traffic, parking, drainage, trees, wildlife, landscape, design, infrastructure and construction impacts.
- The committee approved the application minded to, subject to further clarification on healthcare and education contributions and an affordable-housing legal agreement.
Source: Plota analysis of Buckinghamshire's committee minutes of 1 Jul 2026.
Site constraints 8
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 £2,500,000 in September 2024. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2011, 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 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%).
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.
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