Childs Farm Cherry Lane Through Woodrow Woodrow Buckinghamshire HP7 0QQ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/06060/FA - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion of storage barn outbuilding into ancillary guest accommodation together with associated internal alterations and a replacement roof. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 13:08

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Application progress

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Received

12 Aug 2026

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Consultation

19 Aug 2026

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Approved

15 Oct 2026

Approved on 15 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Barn to East of Childs Farmhouse

List entry 1274008 · 1 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II)

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

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17 mOpen Sheds to North and North East of Childs FarmhouseGrade II
21 mGranary at South East of Childs FarmhouseGrade II
22 mChilds FarmhouseGrade II
30 mBarn and Stable to North West of Childs FarmhouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

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

Radon affected area, class 2.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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.

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: HP7 0QQ
Received: 12 Aug 2026
Validated: 12 Aug 2026
Ward: Amersham and Chesham Bois
Parish: Amersham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Oct 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 15 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: HollandGreen

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 8 days slower than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 76% of changes of use here are.

This one64d

Council56d

UK56d

50%decided within 8 weeks

76%approved

221decided in the last year

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.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 19 Aug 2026
Consultation: 19 Aug 2026
Comments by: 14 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 24 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 7 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