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The Hen And Chickens Public House 119 Botley Road Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 1XG

PL/22/3912/FAFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 7 June 2023

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of area of car park to a mixed leisure/recreational use including the installation of Astro turf to facilitate an outdoor fitness area, retention of ancillary storage unit (part retrospective)

Received
12 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Chess Valley
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided7 Jun

Decided in 177 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Hen And Chickens Public House 119 Botley Road Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 1XG. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 8,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 177 days, 17 weeks longer than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 982 applications in total for the HP5 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
HP5 1XG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2022
Consultation expiry
16 February 2023
Consultation start
26 January 2023
Consultation end
16 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2023
Last date for comments
16 February 2023
Target decision date
6 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
34 Laurel Road Chalfont St Peter Gerrards Cross SL9 9SW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 January 2023
Advertisement expiry
10 February 2023
Site notice start
19 January 2023
Site notice end
9 February 2023

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© 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.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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