52 Beechtree Avenue Marlow Bottom Buckinghamshire SL7 3NJ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/05247/SA - Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Refused

Proposal

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View original council record ↗Last checked 25 Aug 2026, 07:22

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Application progress

✓

Received

29 Jun 2026

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Refused

24 Aug 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 24 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Aug 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Marlow Bottom built-up area; 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 · Not green belt · No listed building 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.

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Postcode: SL7 3NJ
Received: 29 Jun 2026
Validated: 29 Jun 2026
Ward: Marlow
Parish: Marlow Bottom
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Aug 2026
Decision: Cert of Law PROPOSED-refused
Decision date: 24 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 27% of lawful development certificates here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK51d

67%decided within 8 weeks

73%approved

556decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 24 Aug 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

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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