4 Highbeeches Close Marlow Bottom Buckinghamshire SL7 3PX Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03668/FA - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Construction of a gazebo (part retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 13:06

Application progress

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Received

3 Jul 2026

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Consultation

13 Jul 2026

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Approved

8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Site constraints 9

Chilterns National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

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.

Ancient woodland 6 m away

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland

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

Also on the record

Tree preservation order 6 m away; Green belt 5 m away: London; Priority habitat 5 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Marlow Bottom built-up area; 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 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument 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

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: SL7 3PX
Received: 3 Jul 2026
Validated: 3 Jul 2026
Ward: Marlow
Parish: Marlow Bottom
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Sept 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 8 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 67 days from validation, 11 days slower than Buckinghamshire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 80% of extensions here are.

This one67d

Council56d

UK54d

64%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

888decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 13 Jul 2026
Consultation: 13 Jul 2026
Comments by: 3 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 28 Aug 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

4 Highbeeches Close Marlow Bottom Buckinghamshire SL7 3PX Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1

Other documents 2