Manor Farm Lee Road Saunderton Buckinghamshire HP27 9NU Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/04958/NMA - Non Material Amendment Awaiting decision

Proposal

Proposed non-material amendment to planning permission (Conversion of existing barn and silo to create 3 x 4-bed dwellinghouses, associated hardstanding for 5 x car parking spaces (9 car parking spaces in total), bin and cycle store with 9 x cycle parking spaces, soft and hard landscaping and associated works) reason - Relocation of car parking for Units 1, 2 and 3 (Silo and Barn 1) from the position shown on the approved site plan (drawing 0362_00_100 REV 04) to the existing concrete hardstanding to the north of the buildings, as shown on drawing 0362_SK_005 REV 01. The amendment also corrects the number of parking spaces to 3 per dwelling in accordance with Buckinghamshire parking standards for four-bedroom dwellings (the approved plan inadvertently showed fewer spaces following the removal of car port structures during the original determination). The surface of the parking area is changed from existing concrete to gravel. The revised layout results in a net reduction of approximately 46sm of hardstanding across the site. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
17 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Jul 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 15 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 6

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.
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument 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
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
HP27 9NU
Received
17 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Ridgeway West
Parish
Bledlow Cum Saunderton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
15 Jul 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