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Sycamore House Woodside Road Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 6AA

CH/2012/1009/FAFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 17 September 2012

Council decision: Refuse PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first and second floor gymnasium (Use Class D2) to provide two first floor offices (Use Class B1) and four second floor flats (Use Class C3)

Received
9 July 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Amersham On The Hill
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Sycamore House Woodside Road Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 6AA. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 8,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer 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
9 July 2012
Consultation expiry
10 August 2012
Consultation start
20 July 2012
Consultation end
10 August 2012
Neighbour consultation start
20 July 2012
Neighbour consultation end
10 August 2012
Last date for comments
16 August 2012
Target decision date
3 September 2012
Committee meeting
13 September 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Jan

    Two digital 75 inch LCD display screen, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.

    PendingAdvertisement consentPL/26/00170/AV
  2. 2026
    9 Jan

    Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit

    PendingFull ApplicationPL/26/00169/FA
  3. 2024
    9 Apr

    Outline planning application for the redevelopment of the site, including the demolition of existing…

    RefusedOutline ApplicationPL/24/1008/OA
  4. 2020
    15 Dec

    Externally illuminated fascia sign and window graphics and internally illuminated projecting sign

    Conditional consentAdvertisement consentPL/20/4282/AV
  5. 2020
    6 Jul

    Change of use of ground floor unit from retail use to a flexible Commercial, Business or Service use falling…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPL/20/2129/FA
  6. 2012
    2 Mar

    Installation of internally illuminated fascia sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentCH/2012/0220/AV

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