Wescott House Main Street Gawcott Buckinghamshire MK18 4HZ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03720/HB - Listed Building Consent Approved
Listed buildings

Proposal

Listed building application for the replacement of modern windows to the rear two-storey later extension to the property, the attic dormer windows of the main house and the four windows on the outbuilding together with the replacement of the existing modern driveway gates and modern garage doors, painted in hardwood timber. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 May 2026
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Consultation
25 Jun 2026
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Approved
1 Jul 2026

Approved on 1 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Case Officer Report · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF HERITAGE DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 5 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF EXTENSION OF TIME Correspondence · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Gawcott 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.
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11 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Old Bakery House, Grade II, 49 m away · 1 Grade II*, 10 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Gawcott 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £702,500 in February 2019. Detached house, freehold.

1 February 2019£702,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Buckinghamshire
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
MK18 4HZ
Received
5 May 2026
Validated
5 May 2026
Ward
Grendon Underwood and The Claydons
Parish
Gawcott and Lenborough
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Jul 2026
Decision
Consent Approved
Decision date
1 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
mm3 design ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, 7 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 64 for listed building works. Approved, as 86% of listed building works here are.

37%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
242decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Jun 2026
Comments by
9 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
3 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Buckinghamshire
Planning Authority Score
1.3/10
Poor
#284 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use