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Orchard End Abney Court Drive Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5DL

PL/25/2983/FAFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 December 2025

Council decision: Conditional permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part two storey / part single storey / part first floor extension

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns
Agent
Dovetail Building Consultants Ltd
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Orchard End Abney Court Drive Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5DL. Buckinghamshire has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hedsor Road and Riversdale conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns. We hold 584 applications in total for the SL8 postcode area.

86% 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
SL8 5DL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wooburn and Bourne End

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
27 October 2025
Consultation end
17 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2025
Last date for comments
4 December 2025
Target decision date
28 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dovetail Building Consultants Ltd
Agent address
6 The Courtyard Furlong Road Bourne End SL8 5AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 November 2025
Site notice start
13 November 2025
Site notice end
4 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hedsor Road and Riversdale
  • 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    25 Mar

    Application for approval of details subject to condition 3 (ecological enhancements) of planning approval…

    Condition AcceptedDischarge of conditionsPL/26/02436/CONDA
  2. 2025
    24 Sep

    Part two storey / part single storey / part first floor extension

    This applicationApprovedFullPL/25/2983/FA

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    4 Sep

    Crown reduce by 2-3 metres x 1 Maple (T1)

    ApprovedTree Works in Conservation Area24/07074/CTREE

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