WHSmith 25 - 29 High Street Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP20 1SH
Approved on 8 September 2025
Council decision: COU - Office to Residential - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior notification application for change of use from commercial space (Class E) to residential 2 flats (Class C3)
- Received
- 10 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Aylesbury Vale
- Ward
- Aylesbury North
- ReceivedReceived10 Jul
- ValidatedValidated10 Jul
- Consult.Consultation7 Aug
- TargetTarget Date28 Aug
- DecidedDecided8 Sep
Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at WHSmith 25 - 29 High Street Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP20 1SH. Aylesbury Vale has handled 622 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Aylesbury Vale's typical decision time. The site is in 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 174 applications in total for the HP20 postcode area.
75% of outline 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
- HP20 1SH
- Application type
- PA CoU Comm, Busi, Serv to resi
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- AYLESBURY
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 7 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 7 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 7 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Redwoods Projects
- Architect profile
- REDWOODS PROJECTS LTD
- Agent address
- Unit 4 Grosvenor Way London E5 9ND United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 7 August 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14161473
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Land To The Rear Of 23 To 29 Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2LRRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20253 Oct
Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…
PendingPrior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3PL/25/4294/PAPCR - 202530 Apr
External window changes
ApprovedFull Application25/01075/APP - 20242 Feb
Determination as to whether prior approval is required in respect of transport & highway impact, noise…
ApprovedPA CoU Comm, Busi, Serv to resi24/00387/PAPCR
Source: Aylesbury Vale
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