Lopemead Farm Thame Road Long Crendon Buckinghamshire OX9 3SH Data via plota.co.uk

Registered PL/26/08335/FA

Council

Buckinghamshire 1.3/10

Date received

around 13 Oct 2026

Date validated

13 Oct 2026

Postcode

OX9 3SH

Description

Operational development following class R prior approval (ref PL/26/05834/PNC) (Change of use of two agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use within use class E (commercial, business and service). Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 13:13

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 9 Nov 2026 and 2 Dec 2026, from Buckinghamshire's recent agricultural works.

Day 15 of the 56-day target. Buckinghamshire usually decides agricultural works by day 35.

prediction

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target

82%decided within 8 weeks

70%approved

149decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 1

Agricultural land, grade 2

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 27 October 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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Buckinghamshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#284 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

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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