Lodge Farm Lodge Lane Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire HP8 4AH Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/02420/EU - Certificate of lawfulness - existing Refused

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing boundary fencing comprising timber posts, wire mesh and artificial ivy screening along the site boundary Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Sept 2026, 23:24

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Application progress

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Received

25 Mar 2026

✓

Consultation

20 Apr 2026

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Refused

16 Jun 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 16 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF STAT DEC EXHIBITS SIGNED SWORN 24.03.2026 Applicant Supporting Statement · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 7

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 2

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; Priority habitat 23 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £600,000 in February 2020. Other property, freehold.

7 February 2020£600,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area103 m² (1,109 sq ft)

Energy ratingF (34 out of 100), could reach C

PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Certificate of lawfulness - existing
Postcode: HP8 4AH
Received: 25 Mar 2026
Validated: 25 Mar 2026
Ward: Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont
Parish: Chenies
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Jun 2026
Decision: Cert of Law EXISTING-refuse operations
Decision date: 16 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: PSK Rural Ltd
Freehold owner: Show

Public comments

6comments received

4 objecting2 supporting

67% object · below the UK average of 74%

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 19 May 2026
Consultation: 20 Apr 2026
Comments by: 9 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 20 May 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

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.