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The Old Bakehouse 1A Eskdale Avenue Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 3AX

PL/25/6361/PAPCRPrior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3Awaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate site (title boundary)
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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 of first floor from Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to 1x self-contained flat (Use class C3 - residential)

Received
12 December 2025
Decision due
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chesham South
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 January.

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Old Bakehouse 1A Eskdale Avenue Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 3AX. Buckinghamshire has handled 10,863 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Chesham South. We hold 982 applications in total for the HP5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
HP5 3AX
Application type
Prior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2025
Consultation expiry
2 January 2026
Consultation start
14 December 2025
Consultation end
2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 January 2026
Last date for comments
2 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Collins & Coward
Agent address
22 Post Office Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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