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

Refused Buckinghamshire PL/25/3276/SA Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed construction of an environmental education centre primarily for use by children attending the school, with occasional access by parents and the public (by invitation only)

As published by the council, reference PL/25/3276/SA

Application record

Reference
PL/25/3276/SA
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Cert of Law PROPOSED-refused
Received
29 Aug 2025
Validated
29 Aug 2025
Decided
24 Oct 2025
Ward
Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont
Parish
Chalfont St Giles
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
HP8 4SG

Site history

Applications at this address on the Buckinghamshire register

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

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  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

Who's behind it

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Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in High Wycombe

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Documents

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6 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

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.

About lawful development applications

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.

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