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The Swan Public House Blackwell Hall Lane Ley Hill Buckinghamshire HP5 1UT

PL/23/2286/FAFull ApplicationPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Change of use to nursery (Use Class E) with associated internal alterations.

Received
13 July 2023
Target decision date
7 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Chess Valley
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.9 Aug
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Chiltern South Bucks82% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Swan Public House Blackwell Hall Lane Ley Hill Buckinghamshire HP5 1UT. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 8,018 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 13 July 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 15 other applications at this address. We hold 951 applications in total for the HP5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
PL/23/2286/FA
Address
The Swan Public House Blackwell Hall Lane Ley Hill Buckinghamshire HP5 1UT
Postcode
HP5 1UT
Local Authority
Chiltern South Bucks
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Chess Valley
Parish
Latimer & Ley Hill

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Aitchison Raffety
Agent Address
King House 55 Victoria Street St Albans AL1 3ER

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 July 2023
Consultation Expiry
18 August 2023
Target Decision Date
7 September 2023
Date Validated
13 July 2023
Date Submitted
13 July 2023
Consultation Start
19 July 2023
Consultation End
9 August 2023
Neighbour Consultation Start
20 July 2023
Neighbour Consultation End
10 August 2023
Last Date for Comments
18 August 2023

Planning Decision

Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
28 July 2023
Advertisement Expiry
18 August 2023
Site Notice Start
21 July 2023
Site Notice End
11 August 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
57
Coordinates
51.707172, -0.568955
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    13 Jul

    Change of use to nursery (Use Class E) with associated internal alterations.

    This applicationPendingFullPL/23/2286/FA
  2. 2023
    13 Jul

    Listed building consent for the change of use to nursery (Use Class E) with associated internal alterations.

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongsidePL/23/2287/HB

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    10 Jun

    Listed building consent for installation of timber staircase and alterations to existing internal first floor…

    ApprovedListed building consentPL/25/1455/HB
  2. 2025
    8 May

    Listed building consent for external repairs, replacement fenestration, insertion of 2 new windows, 2 new…

    PendingListed building consentPL/25/1108/HB
  3. 2020
    2 Oct

    Change of Use to a single dwelling (C3) to include provision of on-site parking

    RefusedFull ApplicationPL/20/3086/FA
  4. 2020
    13 Feb

    Listed Building Consent for: Change of use and conversion to two dwellings (C3) to include external and…

    WithdrawnListed building consentPL/20/0336/HB
  5. 2020
    13 Feb

    Change of use and conversion to two dwellings (C3) to include external and internal alterations and rear…

    WithdrawnFull ApplicationPL/20/0335/FA
  6. 2018
    26 Jun

    Internal alterations to facilitate change of use of The Swan Public House to use class D1 (Non-residential…

    Conditional consentListed building consentCH/2018/0231/HB

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Swan Public HouseOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.+1 more
  • Green belt: Buckinghamshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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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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