Gomm Valley and Ashwells Reserve Site Cock Lane High Wycombe Buckinghamshire Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/04683/CONDA - Approval of detail Reserved by Condition Decided

Proposal

Application for approval of details subject to condition 22 (Construction Ecological Management Plan (CEcoMP)) of planning approval . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
8 Jun 2026
Consultation
16 Jun 2026
Condition Accepted
5 Aug 2026

Condition Accepted on 5 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026

Associated applications 13

Site constraints 7

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). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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; 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 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

Application type
Approval of detail Reserved by Condition
Received
8 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
Marsh and Micklefield
Parish
High Wycombe Unparished Area
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Aug 2026
Decision
Condition Accepted
Decision date
5 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

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Last counted 2 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Jun 2026
Comments by
7 Jul 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