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First and Second Floor Sycamore House 1 Woodside Road Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 6AA

CH/2011/1181/FAFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 26 September 2011

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first and second floor gym to provide eight flats, three storey extension to provide replacement stair tower, external alterations to north east and north west elevations incorporating front parapet walls, alterations to fenestration, laying of hardstanding to north east and north west sides of building with associated outdoor seating, raised planters and outdoor canopies

Received
5 August 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Amersham On The Hill
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at First and Second Floor Sycamore House 1 Woodside Road Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 6AA. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 8,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,232 applications in total for the HP6 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
HP6 6AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2011
Consultation expiry
15 September 2011
Consultation start
19 August 2011
Consultation end
9 September 2011
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2011
Neighbour consultation end
9 September 2011
Last date for comments
15 September 2011
Target decision date
30 September 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 August 2011
Advertisement expiry
15 September 2011
Site notice start
19 August 2011
Site notice end
9 September 2011

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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