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Orchard Cottage Pednor Road Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 2JU

PL/26/04908/SACertificate of Lawful Use - ProposedAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion with addition of a 3sqm front porch to main house

Received
16 June 2026
Decision due
11 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chesham South
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a porch at Orchard Cottage Pednor Road Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 2JU. Buckinghamshire has handled 827 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Chesham conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Chesham South. We hold 982 applications in total for the HP5 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
HP5 2JU
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Berkeley and Brown
Agent address
45 Berkeley Avenue Chesham HP5 2RW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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.

  • Conservation area: Chesham
  • Green belt: Buckinghamshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Mar

    Garage conversion with single storey rear extension

    PendingFull ApplicationPL/26/00862/FA

Source: Buckinghamshire

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