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PL/26/06151/FA - Full Application Refused
Solar & renewablesUtility infrastructure

Proposal

Addition of PV panels and new ASHP (air source heat pump) to existing dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
14 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
25 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 25 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form and Certificate · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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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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.
Article 4 direction
Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 4; Tree preservation order 5 m away: The Chiltern District Council (Land adjacent to Bloomfield Cottages, Bellingdon, Chesham HP5 2XR) Tr; Priority habitat 41 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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.

Building

Floor area71 m² (764 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (64 out of 100), could reach B
PropertySemi-detached house, 4 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2022, 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
Full Application
Postcode
HP5 2XR
Received
31 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Chesham North
Parish
Chartridge
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
25 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Retrofit Design Services (UK)

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 41 days slower than Buckinghamshire's median of 15 for utility and infrastructure works. Refused, as 5% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

72%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
196decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
14 Aug 2026
Consultation
14 Aug 2026
Comments by
4 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
30 Bloomfield Cottages Bellingdon Buckinghamshire HP5 2XR
Single storey rear extension
PL/25/4905/FA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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.