Shortenills Environmental Education Centre Nightingales Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SG

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.

• PL/26/00396/SA Granted

  Shortenills Environmental Education Centre Nightingales Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SG

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed construction an environmental education centre at the Site.

  Decided 16 Mar 2026 Lawful development

1. 29 Aug 2025

   Received by Buckinghamshire

2. 24 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Cert of Law PROPOSED-refused

3. 12 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Buckinghamshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Shortenhills Countryside Studies Nightingales Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SG

  PL/25/5416/SA Submitted 10 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed construction of an environmental education centre, for the use of children attending the school, with occasional access by parents and the public.

  Refused Lawful development 6 docs

• Shortenills Environmental Education Centre Nightingales Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SG

  PL/26/00396/SA Submitted 19 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed construction an environmental education centre at the Site.

  Granted Lawful development 7 docs

• Shortenills Lodge Nightingales Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SG

  PL/25/3970/VRC Submitted 23 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  Variation of condition 9 (approved plans) of planning permission ref: PL/24/2148/DE (Reserved matters following outline planning permission ref: PL/22/2214/OA (Outline application for replacement dwelling)) to allow for amendments to landscaping and access and parking arrangements.

  Granted Conditions 7 docs
  Domestic

• Shortenills Nightingales Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SG

  PL/26/08024/SA Submitted 5 Oct 2026 200 yards away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~30 Nov

  Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed extension and alterations to 4 existing school classrooms and the erection of a detached drying room and W/C

  Awaiting decision Extension

• 8 Barrington Park Gardens Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SS

  PL/25/3376/TP Submitted 2 Sep 2025 0.3 miles away

  2 Douglas Firs on the front boundary - Tree works as per schedule - (TPO/1986/008)

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 5 Barrington Park Gardens Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SS

  PL/26/06236/TP Submitted 4 Aug 2026 0.3 miles away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~29 Sep

  T1 (Oak) - Reduce the height by up to 3 metres and reshape the lateral spread by reducing the sides by up to 2 metres. Routine maintenance to manage size and encourage healthy growth.

  Decided

• PL/26/01937/SA Granted

  63 Ingram Avenue Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP21 9DJ

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed dropped kerb.

  Received 18 Mar, published by the council 17 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• PL/26/02452/SA Granted

  217A Desborough Avenue High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2TW

  Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of an outbuilding.

  Received 25 Mar, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• PL/26/00836/SA Granted

  33 South View Downley Buckinghamshire HP13 5UL

  Certificate of lawfulness for the proposal to create new access at the front of the property.

  Received 2 Feb, published by the council 4 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• PL/26/07553/SA Awaiting decision

  4 Marlborough Road Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP21 8AU

  Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed new vehicular crossover (dropped kerb) to 4.6m total width including transition kerbs, with associated enlargement of the opening in the front boundary wall, and formation of a permeable hardstanding within the front garden to provide off-street parking for the existing dwellinghouse. Works are engineering/building operations as defined by s55 TCPA 1990. No change of use is proposed; the dwelling remains in Use Class C3. Existing drop kerb reinstated.

  Received 18 Sep, published by the council 3 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• PL/26/07397/EU Awaiting decision

  22 Priory Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6SL

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of property as a block of eight self-contained flats, each falling within use class C3.

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 3 Oct 2026 Lawful development