The Grange (Former Holy Cross Convent) Gold Hill East Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 9DW

CH/2017/30119/CONDCompliance of Condition (nonhouseholder)Refused

Householder

Refused on 16 August 2017

Council decision: Condition Not AcceptedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Outline planning application with matters of access only to be considered in detail at this stage. The redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed use comprising up to 198 dwellings (Use Class C3), of which 35% will be affordable housing; the retention of the existing bungalow adjacent to the graveyard; a residential care home incorporating up to 74 bedrooms and up to 3,370 square metres (Use Class C2); retention of existing chapel; retention and relocation of existing playing field together with provision of a network of permissive footpaths through the existing woodland for use by the public and provision of open space. The whole development is to be served from new and altered vehicle accesses from Gold Hill East, and Grange Road, and a new pedestrian access off Market Place, with associated car parking and off-site highway works. (Revised description of development and amended plans accordingly)

Received: 30 June 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Chiltern South Bucks
Ward: Central
Agent: Simon Jones Associates Ltd

ReceivedReceived30 Jun
ValidatedValidated30 Jun
Consult.Consultation27 Jul
TargetTarget Date25 Aug
DecidedDecided16 Aug

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Grange (Former Holy Cross Convent) Gold Hill East Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 9DW. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,497 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 2,362 applications in total for the SL9 postcode area.

93% of conditions 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: SL9 9DW
Application type: Compliance of Condition (nonhouseholder)
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 198
Parish: Chalfont St Peter

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 June 2017
Consultation expiry: 27 July 2017
Consultation start: 6 July 2017
Consultation end: 27 July 2017
Last date for comments: 27 July 2017
Target decision date: 25 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent: Simon Jones Associates Ltd
Agent address: 17 Cross Road Tadworth Surrey KT20 5ST

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
Tree Preservation Order: TPO/1974/003
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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