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136 - 140 Desborough Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2PU

PL/26/04006/PAPCRPrior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 1 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 - Change of use of first floor from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) unit to 1no. residential unit (Use Class C3)

Received
15 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
Agent
HAP Chartered Architects Ltd
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 47 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 136 - 140 Desborough Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2PU. Buckinghamshire has handled 10,863 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 161 applications across Abbey. We hold 1,377 applications in total for the HP11 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The submitted details demonstrate that operational development would be required to facilitate the change of use. Operational development is not permitted by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The extent of the proposal as shown on the submitted plans therefore falls outside the scope of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. In the event that the proposed works had comprised 'permitted development' under Class MA of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)('the GPDO'), prior approval would be required and refused in relation to the potential impact of noise from nearby commercial uses and traffic on future occupiers, as this impact cannot be adequately assessed due to the absence of an appropriate mechanism to secure the necessary mitigation measures identified.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HP11 2PU
Application type
Prior Appr: Part 03 Class G/MA-use C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
High Wycombe Unparished Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2026
Consultation expiry
23 June 2026
Consultation start
20 May 2026
Consultation end
10 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 June 2026
Last date for comments
23 June 2026
Target decision date
3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
HAP Chartered Architects Ltd
Architect profile
HAP CHARTERED ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
The Old Registry 20 Amersham Hill High Wycombe HP13 6NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 June 2026
Site notice end
23 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

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 2: Medium 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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