The Old Cottage Egypt Lane Farnham Common Buckinghamshire SL2 3LD Data via plota.co.uk

PL/25/5386/FA Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Replacement single storey side extension. Alterations to fenestration and garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 5 Jan 2026
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Approved
20 May 2026

Approved on 20 May 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 11

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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Special area of conservation 21 m away: Burnham Beeches
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Public footpath 23 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
SSSI 21 m away: Burnham Beeches SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Restorable Habitat
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Farnham Common and Farnham Royal built-up area; Tree preservation order 25 m away: The Eton Rural (Burnham Beeches) Town and Country Planning (Special Interim Development) Order; 1946; Priority habitat 26 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 25 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £2,570,000 in July 2019. Detached house, freehold.

26 July 2019£2,570,000
11 June 1999£1,050,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area463 m² (4,984 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (51 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 11 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Buckinghamshire
Postcode
SL2 3LD
Received
around 5 Jan 2026
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
20 May 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 135 days from validation, 79 days slower than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 82% of extensions here are.

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 →

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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.