Sefton Park Bells Hill Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire

PL/25/3541/PAPCRPrior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3Approved

Prior approval

Approved on 27 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to 14 residential flats (Use Class C3)

Received: 8 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Buckinghamshire Council
Ward: Farnhams and Stoke Poges
Agent: Artisan PPS Ltd

ReceivedReceived8 Sep
ValidatedValidated8 Sep
Consult.Consultation2 Oct
TargetTarget Date27 Oct
DecidedDecided27 Oct

Decided in 49 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Sefton Park Bells Hill Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire has handled 10,863 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 223 applications across Farnhams and Stoke Poges.

Application details

Application type: Prior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3
Scale / size: Medium
Number of dwellings: 14
Parish: Stoke Poges Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 3 October 2025
Consultation start: 11 September 2025
Consultation end: 2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 11 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 2 October 2025
Last date for comments: 3 October 2025
Target decision date: 27 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Artisan PPS Ltd
Agent address: Berwick House Homechurch Baylham IP6 8RF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 49 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 12 September 2025
Site notice end: 3 October 2025

Additional information

Documents: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Sefton ParkOn this site
Article 4 direction: Land at Home Farm, School Lane, S.Poges - DevelopmentPart of the site · +1 more
Tree Preservation Order: TPO/ER/1997/21Part of the site · +5 more
Green belt: Buckinghamshire
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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