Planning application
Challen's Chickens Land Adjacent Honey House Winter Hill Road Cookham Maidenhead SL6 6PJ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use of the existing agricultural buildings into a flexible commercial use (Class E(d)).
As published by the council, reference 25/02897/CLASSR
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02897/CLASSR
- Type
- Class R - Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval Required and Refused
- Received
- 3 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 3 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 29 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Bisham And Cookham
- Parish
- Bisham Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SL6 6PJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Windsor and Maidenhead register
This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 3 refused.
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24/02421/CLU Granted
Challen's Chickens Land Adjacent Honey House Winter Hill Road Cookham Maidenhead SL6 6PJ
Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the use of the existing 2no. outbuildings for agricultural purposes is lawful.
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23/02573/CLASSR Refused
Challen's Chickens Land Adjacent Honey House Winter Hill Road Cookham Maidenhead SL6 6PJ
Change of use of agricultural building to flexible commercial use (Class E).
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23/01995/CLASSR Refused
Challen's Chickens Land Adjacent Honey House Winter Hill Road Cookham Maidenhead SL6 6PJ
Change of use of agricultural building to flexible commercial use (Class E).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Nov 2025
Received by Windsor and Maidenhead
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29 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and Refused
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
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Windsor and Maidenhead 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Challen's Chickens Land Adjacent Honey House Winter Hill Road Cookham Maidenhead SL6 6PJ
Change of use of agricultural building to flexible commercial use (Class E).
Refused Prior approval 20 docs -
Challen's Chickens Land Adjacent Honey House Winter Hill Road Cookham Maidenhead SL6 6PJ
Change of use of agricultural building to flexible commercial use (Class E).
Refused Prior approval 22 docs -
Challen's Chickens Land Adjacent Honey House Winter Hill Road Cookham Maidenhead SL6 6PJ
Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the use of the existing 2no. outbuildings for agricultural purposes is lawful.
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