Fern Cottage 40 First Avenue Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 9BL
Refused on 18 February 2010
Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retention of single storey rear and basement level extension without compliance with Condition 3 of planning permission CH/2006/1336/FA which required a boundary screen to be provided prior to the occupation of the extension.
- Received
- 30 October 2009
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Chiltern South Bucks
- Ward
- Amersham Town
- ReceivedReceived30 Oct
- ValidatedValidated30 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Dec
- TargetTarget Date25 Dec
- DecidedDecided18 Feb
Decided in 111 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Fern Cottage 40 First Avenue Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 9BL. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 8,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 2,558 applications in total for the HP7 postcode area.
82% of full applications at Chiltern South Bucks were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- HP7 9BL
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Amersham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 October 2009
- Consultation expiry
- 24 December 2009
- Consultation start
- 3 December 2009
- Consultation end
- 24 December 2009
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 December 2009
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 December 2009
- Last date for comments
- 24 December 2009
- Target decision date
- 25 December 2009
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications
- 200930 Oct
Retention of single storey rear and basement level extension without compliance with Condition 3 of planning…
This applicationRefusedDischarge of conditionsCH/2009/1473/FA - 200620 Jul
Retention and completion of single storey rear and basement level extension (amendment to planning permission…
ApprovedFull ApplicationPart ofCH/2006/1336/FA
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201515 Dec
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed operation relating to the erection of a rear roof…
ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Use - ProposedCH/2015/2239/SA - 200731 Jan
Creation of raised terraces in rear garden including the retention and creation of retaining walls
ApprovedFull ApplicationCH/2007/0161/FA - 200618 May
Retention of works to recontour/raise ground levels including contruction of retaining walls
RefusedFull ApplicationCH/2006/0910/FA - 200529 Apr
Single storey rear and basement level extension
ApprovedFull ApplicationCH/2005/0893/FA
Source: Chiltern South Bucks
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