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Footpath Outside 7 Oxford Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire

PL/26/00179/FAFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 31 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit

Received
9 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at Footpath Outside 7 Oxford Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 161 applications across Abbey.

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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Why it was refused

  1. In the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, due to its excessive size, height, siting, design and illumination, the proposed BT Hub would detract significantly from the character and setting of the adjacent High Wycombe (Town) Conservation Area and the settings of the adjacent Grade II listed building at No 2 Oxford Street and the non designated heritage asset at No 6 Oxford Street. This proposal would result in less than substantial harm to designated heritage assets for which there is no public benefit that would outweigh such harm. As such, this proposal is contrary to Policies CP9 (Sense of Place), CP11 (Historic Environment); DM31 (Development Affecting the Historic Environment) and DM35 (Placemaking and Design Quality) of the adopted Wycombe District Local Plan (2019) and Section 16 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
High Wycombe Unparished Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 March 2026
Target decision date
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Telent
Agent address
Rutland House 5 Allen Road Livingston EH54 6TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2026
Site notice start
17 February 2026
Site notice end
10 March 2026

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/26/0092
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

6009061
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 July 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Jan

    Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit

    This applicationRefusedFullPL/26/00179/FA
  2. 2026
    9 Jan

    Two digital 75 inch LCD display screen, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.

    RefusedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsidePL/26/00180/AV

Source: Buckinghamshire

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