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Kings Church Baptist Chapel High Street Amersham Buckinghamshire

CH/2013/0860/EUCertificate of lawfulness - existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 16 July 2013

Council decision: Cert of Law - existing dev/grantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use relating to the use of the building for purposes falling within Class D1 (non residential institutions) including use as a church, church hall, place of assembly, weddings, receptions, baptisms, funerals, social functions, use by clubs, groups and creches, conference and training, exhibitions and local community events, incidental live and recorded music, all between the hours of 08:00 to 22:00.

Received
21 May 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Amersham Town
Agent
Jeffrey Charles Emmett Planning Consultancy
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target16 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Kings Church Baptist Chapel High Street Amersham Buckinghamshire. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Amersham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

68% of amendment 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

Application type
Certificate of lawfulness - existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2013
Consultation expiry
11 July 2013
Consultation start
11 June 2013
Consultation end
2 July 2013
Neighbour consultation start
11 June 2013
Neighbour consultation end
2 July 2013
Last date for comments
11 July 2013
Target decision date
16 July 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jeffrey Charles Emmett Planning Consultancy
Agent address
Stable Court Studio 12A Bell Lane Thame OX9 3AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 June 2013
Advertisement expiry
11 July 2013
Site notice start
13 June 2013
Site notice end
4 July 2013

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Amersham
  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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

  1. 2013
    21 May

    Internal and external alterations including new entrance doors to south east eleation and installation of new…

    Conditional consentListed building consentFiled alongsideCH/2013/0845/HB
  2. 2013
    21 May

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use relating to the use of the building for…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentCH/2013/0860/EU

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