South Buckinghamshire Golf Course & Farnham Park Playing Fields Beaconsfield Road Farnham Royal Buckinghamshire SL2 3BP Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/05840/EIASO - EIA scoping opinion Registered

Proposal

Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for Enhanced community sports facilities and community sports hub including lighting, landscaping, and associated works. Change of use of part of the South Buckinghamshire Golf Course (Class F2) to football training facility (Sui Generis), and development comprising pitches, performance hub building, indoor pitch, and other ancillary structures along with groundworks, drainage, landscaping and boundary treatments, parking, access roads, service areas, alterations to existing access, floodlighting, and other associated works, reconfiguration and development of the remainder of the golf course to provide a revised course layout and new golf facilities. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
20 Jul 2026
Decision
Awaiting decision

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet.

Important details

Application type
EIA scoping opinion
Postcode
SL2 3BP
Received
20 Jul 2026
Validated
20 Jul 2026
Ward
Farnhams and Stoke Poges
Parish
Farnham Royal Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Carter Jonas

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No
Buckinghamshire
Planning Authority Score
1.3/10
Poor
#284 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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 performance
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