Land Rear Of 18 Trees Road Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire HP14 4PW Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/01073/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Application for permission in principle for the erection of minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Oct 2026, 03:02

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Application progress

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Received

around 10 Feb 2026

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Consultation

20 Mar 2026

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Refused

27 Apr 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 27 Apr 2026 · Delegated in Consultation with Chairman · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 8

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

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Public footpath 19 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.

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 3; Inside the Hughenden Valley 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 · 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.

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Permission in Principle
Postcode: HP14 4PW
Received: around 10 Feb 2026
Validated: 10 Feb 2026
Ward: Ridgeway East
Parish: Hughenden
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Mar 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 27 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated in Consultation with Chairman
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 17 days slower than Buckinghamshire's median of 59 for new homes. Refused, as 34% of new homes here are.

This one76d

Council59d

UK57d

49%decided within 8 weeks

66%approved

283decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

27comments received

27 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 13 Feb 2026
Consultation: 20 Mar 2026
Comments by: 3 Apr 2026
Site or press notice: 26 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Mar 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