First Floor 41 - 43 Castle Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6RN
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 (Use Class E) to 4no. studio flats (Use Class C3)
- Received
- 14 January 2026
- Decided
- 3 March 2026 · Prior Approval Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Ward
- Abbey
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- ReceivedSubmitted14 Jan
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation9 Feb
- TargetTarget Date4 Mar
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 48 days
This is a planning application for a change of use at First Floor 41 - 43 Castle Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6RN. Buckinghamshire has handled 9,404 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 48 days, 7 days quicker than Buckinghamshire's median. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Abbey. We hold 2,239 applications in total for the HP13 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202614 Jan
External alterations inclusive of the installation of ten sun pipes
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Display of 2 x internally-illuminated fascia signs
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: High WycombeNext to the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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.
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