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PL/25/4433/PAPCR

The Old Bake House 1A and 1B Eskdale Avenue Chesham HP5 3AX

Refused Buckinghamshire Prior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3

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 of part of ground floor and entire first floor from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to 3 residential flats (Use Class C3)

As published by the council, reference PL/25/4433/PAPCR

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Oct 2025

    Received by Buckinghamshire

  2. 3 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  3. 4 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Buckinghamshire is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

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