Planning application
Halifax 26A High Street Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 1EP
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for change of use and conversion of upper floors of Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to 6no. flats (C3 Residential)
As published by the council, reference PL/25/4098/PAPCR
Application record
- Reference
- PL/25/4098/PAPCR
- Type
- Prior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Not Required
- Received
- 26 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 26 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 27 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Chesham South
- Parish
- Chesham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- HP5 1EP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Sep 2025
Received by Buckinghamshire
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27 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required
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10 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
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