Orchard Cottage Pednor Road Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 2JU Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/04908/SA - Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Approved

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion with addition of a 3sqm front porch to main house Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

16 Jun 2026

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Approved

13 Aug 2026

Approved on 13 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Aug 2026

Documents 5

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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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National landscape 5 m away: Chilterns

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

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.

Conservation area 15 m away: Chesham

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

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 ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Chesham built-up area; Priority habitat 25 m away: Traditional orchard; 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,250,000 in November 2023. Detached house, freehold.

3 November 2023£1,250,000

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

Building

Floor area190 m² (2,045 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (62 out of 100), could reach B

PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Postcode: HP5 2JU
Received: 16 Jun 2026
Validated: 16 Jun 2026
Ward: Chesham South
Parish: Chesham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Aug 2026
Decision: Cert of Law PROPOSED-granted
Decision date: 13 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Berkeley and Brown

How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 82% of extensions here are.

This one58d

Council56d

UK55d

54%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

2,226decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 11 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused

Stable House Bury Farm Pednor Road Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 2JU

Fell 1 x Silver Birch

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2025

Stable House Bury Farm Pednor Road Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 2JU

Birch - Fell - (Chesham Conservation Area).

PL/25/4799/KA 21 Oct 2025

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.