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Barn To The Rear Of 161 and 159 High Street Amersham Buckinghamshire

CH/2013/1593/PNOPrior Notification OfficesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 18 November 2013

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION UNDER CLASS J OF PART 3, SCHEDULE 2 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) ORDER 1995, AS AMENDED - CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE (USE CLASS B1(a)) TO ONE RESIDENTIAL UNIT (USE CLASS C3)

Received
25 September 2013
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Amersham Town
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn To The Rear Of 161 and 159 High Street Amersham Buckinghamshire. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,766 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Amersham conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

68% of outline 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
Prior Notification Offices
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2013
Consultation expiry
22 October 2013
Consultation start
27 September 2013
Consultation end
18 October 2013
Last date for comments
24 October 2013
Target decision date
19 November 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 October 2013
Site notice end
22 October 2013

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Amersham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Outbuilding to Rear of Number 161On this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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