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Land at Redpitch Park Holtspur Lane Wooburn Green Buckinghamshire

PL/26/02694/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Application for permission in principle for the erection of minimum of 6 and a maximum of 9 dwellings

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns
Agent
Planning Insight
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at Redpitch Park Holtspur Lane Wooburn Green Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire has handled 827 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The site is outside the Wycombe settlement boundary, within the Metropolitan Green Belt where most development is inappropriate. The development does not fall within any of the exceptions to inappropriate development set out in Section 13 of the NPPF and is therefore inappropriate development which is harmful by definition. Furthermore, the proposed development would introduce 6 - 9 dwellings with associated hardsurfacing, gardens and residential paraphernalia onto currently undeveloped land, causing additional harm to the openness of the Green Belt and moderate harm to the character of the area. Harm to the Green Belt attracts substantial weight. There are no very special circumstances that would clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt by way of its inappropriateness and its impact on openness, and therefore the proposed development is contrary to Policies CP2, CP3, CP8, DM21 and DM42 of the Wycombe District Local Plan (adopted August 2019) and Section 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wooburn and Bourne End

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Consultation end
23 April 2026
Target decision date
14 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Insight
Agent address
12-18 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8SL

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • Green belt: Buckinghamshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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