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River Thatch The Avenue Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5QU

PL/26/01780/SACertificate of Lawful Use - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 April 2026

Council decision: Cert of Law PROPOSED-grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed new garden studio

Received
4 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chiltern Villages
Agent
Heighway Associates
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at River Thatch The Avenue Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5QU. Buckinghamshire has handled 827 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Abbotsbrook conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 150 applications across Chiltern Villages. We hold 583 applications in total for the SL8 postcode area.

73% of outline 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 5QU
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Marlow

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Target decision date
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heighway Associates
Architect profile
HEIGHWAY ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
34 West Street Marlow SL7 2NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Abbotsbrook
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 59/1990Part of the site · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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