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Asquith House 34 Germain Street Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 1SJ

PL/22/3926/FAFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use, partial demolition and extensions, including addition of second floor, to provide 25 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and commercial floorspace (Use Class E), with associated landscaping, car parking and riverside enhancements.

Received
12 December 2022
Decision due
24 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Chess Valley
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 4 January.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (68)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Asquith House 34 Germain Street Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 1SJ. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 8,004 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 December 2022 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Chesham conservation area, with 15 listed buildings 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 1SJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
25
Parish
Chesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2022
Consultation expiry
11 January 2023
Consultation start
14 December 2022
Consultation end
4 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2022
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2023
Last date for comments
11 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
255 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 December 2022
Advertisement expiry
6 January 2023
Site notice start
21 December 2022
Site notice end
11 January 2023

Additional information

Documents
68

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: CheshamPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 21, Germain StreetOn or next to this site · +3 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

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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