2 West Edge Cottage West Edge Marsh Gibbon Buckinghamshire OX27 0HA Data via plota.co.uk

PL/25/5588/HB - Listed Building Consent Allowed on appeal

Proposal

Listed building consent application for single storey glazed link extension between main house and outbuilding. Alterations to fenestration and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 6 Jan 2026
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Consultation
12 Jan 2026
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Refused
13 Feb 2026
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Appeal allowed

Refused on 13 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Marsh Gibbon 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 ↗
10 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: West Edge, Grade II, 2 m away · 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Marsh Gibbon built-up area; National infrastructure project 1478 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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 £735,000 in June 2024. Detached house, freehold.

12 June 2024£735,000

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

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
OX27 0HA
Received
around 6 Jan 2026
Validated
6 Jan 2026
Ward
Grendon Underwood and The Claydons
Parish
Marsh Gibbon
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Mar 2026
Decision
Refuse consent
Decision date
13 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
John Thornton Architect

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 26 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
247decided 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 11 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
12 Jan 2026
Comments by
4 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
14 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Mar 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

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