Land South Of Aylesbury Road Bierton Buckinghamshire Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 24/03787/AOP
Appeal
Dismissed · 18 Feb 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3375319 ↗
Date received
around 7 Jan 2025
Date validated
7 Jan 2025

Description

Outline planning application for the erection of up to 47 dwellings, including means of access into the site (not internal roads) and associated highway works, with all other matters (relating to appearance, landscaping, scale and layout) reserved. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Buckinghamshire Central & North Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee on 13 May 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Refused

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

  • Officers advised approval because housing and affordable housing benefits outweighed significant landscape harm, subject to a legal agreement and conditions.
  • Residents, councillors and the parish council raised concerns about countryside loss, village character, infrastructure, traffic, drainage and sustainability.
  • The committee resolved to refuse the application because of countryside, landscape, sustainability and infrastructure concerns, including the absence of a completed legal agreement.
Read how the committee decided The proposed housing, site history, officer assessment, objections, committee debate and reasons for refusal. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Buckinghamshire's committee minutes of 13 May 2026.

Site constraints 7

Bierton 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.
Council document ↗
Public footpath about 24 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.
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Church of St James, Grade I, about 16 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 9 with distances
Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument about 127 m away: Moated site 180m south west of St James's Church
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Broughton (Buckinghamshire) built-up area; Open access land about 24 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 2, 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

Checked on 17 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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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Buckinghamshire
Planning Authority Score
1.3/10
Poor
#284 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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