8-9 Easton Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 1NJ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/00975/FA - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Work to repair and adapt 8-9 Easton Street into short-stay hostel accommodation for the homeless, providing 13 bedrooms with shared washing and cooking facilities Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 29 Aug 2026, 21:38

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Application progress

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Received

6 Feb 2026

✓

Consultation

1 Jul 2026

✓

Committee

26 Aug 2026

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Approved

27 Aug 2026

Approved on 27 Aug 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 29 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Buckinghamshire West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee on 26 Aug 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the managed hostel would help homeless people without harming heritage, neighbours, highways or the environment.
Objectors raised concerns about antisocial behaviour affecting vulnerable users of the neighbouring community facilities.
The committee approved the application subject to the report’s conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, concerns, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Buckinghamshire's committee minutes of 26 Aug 2026.

Documents 15

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: 8-11, Easton Street

List entry 1159885 · 6 m away · 20 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 19 Grade II)

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 the other 20 with distances

26 mRailings to Numbers 89 and 90Grade II
30 m88, Easton StreetGrade II
32 m5, Easton StreetGrade II
32 m87, Easton StreetGrade II
33 m89 and 90, Easton StreetGrade II
35 m4, Easton StreetGrade II
38 m86, Easton StreetGrade II
41 m3, Easton StreetGrade II
49 m14 and 15, Easton StreetGrade II
85 m21 and 21a, High StreetGrade II
91 m19, Easton StreetGrade II
96 m20, Easton StreetGrade II
103 m21 and 22, Easton StreetGrade II
106 m24-27, High StreetGrade II
117 m23, Easton StreetGrade II
121 m18, High StreetGrade II
128 m17, High StreetGrade II
133 m29, High StreetGrade II
144 mHigh Wycombe Railway StationGrade II
146 m30, High StreetGrade II*

Historic England ↗

High Wycombe 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 ↗

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

Scheduled monument 197 m away: St John the Baptist's Hospital; Registered park or garden 174 m away: Wycombe Abbey; Inside the High Wycombe built-up area; Air quality management area 8 m away: AQMA No.2 (High Wycombe).

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: HP11 1NJ
Received: 6 Feb 2026
Validated: 6 Feb 2026
Ward: Abbey
Parish: High Wycombe Unparished Area
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Apr 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 27 Aug 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Zebra Architects Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 202 days from validation, 146 days slower than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 76% of changes of use here are.

This one202d

Council56d

UK56d

51%decided within 8 weeks

76%approved

219decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

2comments received

2 objecting

16 neighbours consulted · Last counted 29 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 26 Mar 2026
Consultation: 1 Jul 2026
Comments by: 15 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 26 Mar 2026
Committee: 26 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

7A Queen Victoria Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 1BA

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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