Bledlow Mill North Mill Road Bledlow Buckinghamshire HP27 9QP Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/05019/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Application for permission in principle for the erection of minimum of 1 and a maximum of 1 dwelling to replace garden annexe Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
17 Jun 2026
Consultation
19 Jun 2026
Refused
23 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 23 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 3b
Not 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 4. 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.
Public bridleway 23 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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Permission in Principle
Postcode
HP27 9QP
Received
17 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Ridgeway West
Parish
Bledlow Cum Saunderton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Jul 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
23 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
R Clarke Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 20 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for new homes. Refused, as 38% of new homes here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
62%approved
126decided 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

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 4 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
19 Jun 2026
Consultation
19 Jun 2026
Comments by
3 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
24 Jun 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