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St Teresa Of The Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church New Road Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire HP27 0JN

PL/25/2495/FAFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)20 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of new purpose-built church hall

Received
3 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Princes Risborough
Agent
Southern Planning Practice Ltd
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 246 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Teresa Of The Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church New Road Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire HP27 0JN. Buckinghamshire has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 246 days, 27 weeks longer than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Princes Risborough conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 130 applications across Princes Risborough. We hold 2,241 applications in total for the HP27 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Buckinghamshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HP27 0JN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Princes Risborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation start
26 March 2026
Consultation end
16 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 September 2025
Last date for comments
16 April 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Southern Planning Practice Ltd
Architect profile
SOUTHERN PLANNING PRACTICE LTD
Agent address
Young's Yard Churchfields Twyford Winchester Hampshire SO21 1NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
212 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 September 2025
Advertisement expiry
3 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Princes RisboroughPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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: Buckinghamshire

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