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Mentmore Towers And St Mary'S Church Mentmore Leighton Buzzard Mentmore LU7 0QH

24/02640/APPFull Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 19 February 2025

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Temporary use of buildings and land for film making purposes with associated set structures, access, storage and parking (including supporting facilities vehicles) (partially retrospective)

Received
6 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Aylesbury Vale
Ward
IVINGHOE
Agent
Planit Films Limited
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Oct
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 166 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Mentmore Towers And St Mary'S Church Mentmore Leighton Buzzard Mentmore LU7 0QH. Aylesbury Vale has handled 4,379 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 166 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Mentmore conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,093 applications in total for the LU7 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Aylesbury Vale were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LU7 0QH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
MENTMORE

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2024
Consultation expiry
8 October 2024
Consultation start
6 September 2024
Consultation end
4 October 2024
Last date for comments
8 October 2024
Target decision date
1 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planit Films Limited
Agent address
3 Innovation Place Douglas Drive Godalming GU7 1JX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 September 2024
Advertisement expiry
8 October 2024
Site notice start
10 September 2024
Site notice end
1 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13387127
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Mentmore
  • Registered park and garden: Mentmore Towers
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Mentmore Towers
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Aylesbury Vale

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