Planning application
Shortenills Environmental Education Centre Nightingales Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed construction an environmental education centre at the Site.
As published by the council, reference PL/26/00396/SA
Application record
- Reference
- PL/26/00396/SA
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Cert of Law PROPOSED-granted
- Received
- 19 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 19 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 16 Mar 2026
- 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.
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PL/25/3276/SA Refused
Shortenills Environmental Education Centre Nightingales Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4SG
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)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Jan 2026
Received by Buckinghamshire
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16 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Cert of Law PROPOSED-granted
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Arrow Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in High Wycombe
Active · incorporated 2017 · High Wycombe
18 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Buckinghamshire granted permission on 16 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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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