Racksmere Village Road Ballinger Buckinghamshire HP16 9LQ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/02758/FA - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Installation of ground mounted 40.04kW solar PV microgeneration system comprising of 88 x Sunpower Performance 455w modules Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 9 Sept 2026, 02:55

Application progress

✓

Received

11 May 2026

✓

Consultation

13 May 2026

✗

Refused

1 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 1 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF 6657 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

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

Inside the Ballinger Common built-up area; 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: HP16 9LQ
Received: 11 May 2026
Validated: 11 May 2026
Ward: The Missendens
Parish: Great Missenden
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Jul 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 1 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Geo Green Power Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 5 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for full applications. Refused, as 15% of full applications here are.

This one51d

Council56d

UK56d

54%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

752decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 13 May 2026
Consultation: 13 May 2026
Comments by: 3 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 6 Jul 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

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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