1 The Stables Downley Common Downley Buckinghamshire HP13 5YN Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 24/06706/CTREE

Appeal: Dismissed · 27 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002329 ↗

Council

Buckinghamshire 1.3/10

Date received

around 22 Jul 2024

Date validated

22 Jul 2024

Postcode

HP13 5YN

Description

Heavy trim by 1 - 1.5 metres x 2 Conifers (T1 & T2) and cut back to fenceline just past the shed x Group of various trees from woodland (T3) Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 16 Oct 2026, 06:33

Site constraints 14

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.

Downley Common conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

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Article 4 direction

Former Wycombe Rural District - 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Public footpath 18 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

Also on the record

Special area of conservation 334 m away: Chilterns Beechwoods; Registered park or garden 147 m away: Hughenden Manor; Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 334 m away: Bradenham Woods, Park Wood & The Coppice SSSI; Tree preservation order 16 m away; Priority habitat 9 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 4 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £825,000 in September 2021. Detached house, freehold.

13 September 2021£825,000

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

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Other new applications on this street

1 May 2026Withdrawn

2 The Stables Downley Common Downley Buckinghamshire HP13 5YN

Remove diseased branches to 1 x Oak tree to avoid further damage to the tree

PL/26/02453/TP

Nearby new applications

19 Oct 2026Pending

1 The Stables Downley Common Downley Buckinghamshire HP13 5YN

Householder application for the erection of a garden room.

PL/26/06854/FA

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