Planning application
Elm Trees Bar Lane Owlswick Buckinghamshire HP27 9RG
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of land and buildings as residential garden land ancillary to the existing dwelling.
As published by the council, reference PL/26/01480/EU
Application record
- Reference
- PL/26/01480/EU
- Type
- Certificate of lawfulness - existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Cert of Law EXISTING-refuse use
- Received
- 20 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 20 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 3 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Princes Risborough
- Parish
- Longwick Cum Ilmer
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- HP27 9RG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Feb 2026
Received by Buckinghamshire
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22 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Cert of Law EXISTING-refuse use
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Progress Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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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