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PL/26/08354/CONDA - Approval of detail Reserved by Condition Registered

Proposal

Application for approval of details subject to conditions 18 (substation details) and 18 (pumping station details) of planning approval . Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Oct 2026, 13:08

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Application progress

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Received

around 14 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 9 Dec 2026.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form and Certificate · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

Ancient woodland

Irreplaceable habitat. Standing advice asks for a 15 m buffer from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland

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

Local nature reserve 255 m away: Gomm's Wood

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.

Also on the record

SSSI 222 m away: Gomm Valley SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; National landscape 327 m away: Chilterns.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 22 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: Approval of detail Reserved by Condition
Received: around 14 Oct 2026
Validated: 14 Oct 2026
Ward: Marsh and Micklefield
Parish: High Wycombe Unparished Area
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 9 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Buckinghamshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#284 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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