8 Crafton Lodge Road Crafton Mentmore Buckinghamshire LU7 0QL Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/06590/SA - Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Registered

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed small-scale, part-time use of a portion of a Class C3 residential dwelling for home education mentoring, specialist academic tuition, and life skills instruction. The activity is strictly incidental and ancillary to the primary residential use of the property. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
17 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 12 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 8

Crafton 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 ↗
Public footpath 18 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.
Scheduled monument 34 m away: Medieval settlement remains at Crafton
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
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
1 listed building within 150 m; Tree preservation order 16 m away; Priority habitat 17 m away: Deciduous woodland; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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

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
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Postcode
LU7 0QL
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
17 Aug 2026
Ward
Ivinghoe
Parish
Mentmore
Target decision
12 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
12 Oct 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