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PL/26/05676/SA - Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Approved

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed excavation of front garden, installation of hardstanding to create parking space and formation of vehicular access. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 20:20

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Application progress

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Received

11 Aug 2026

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Consultation

12 Aug 2026

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Approved

11 Sept 2026

Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF SITE PLAN 2 Additional Information · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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) agrees.

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Also on the record

Conservation area 70 m away: Preston Bissett; 3 listed buildings within 150 m.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Building

Floor area82 m² (883 sq ft)

Energy ratingF (35 out of 100), could reach D

PropertyMid-terrace house, 5 habitable rooms

Built1930 to 1949

HeatingBoiler and radiators, LPG

WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2019, 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: Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Postcode: MK18 4LY
Received: 11 Aug 2026
Validated: 11 Aug 2026
Ward: Grendon Underwood and The Claydons
Parish: Preston Bissett
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Oct 2026
Decision: Cert of Law PROPOSED-granted
Decision date: 11 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, 25 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 82% of extensions here are.

This one31d

Council56d

UK55d

54%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

2,226decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 15 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 12 Aug 2026
Comments by: 2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 6 Oct 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

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.