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Heatherton House School Copperkins Lane Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 5QB

PL/24/1697/SACertificate of Lawful Use - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 September 2024

Council decision: Cert of law proposed dev or use issuedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation of Photovoltaic Solar Panels

Received
10 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Amersham and Chesham Bois
Agent
Barker Associates (Essex) Limited
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Heatherton House School Copperkins Lane Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 5QB. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,766 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 2,232 applications in total for the HP6 postcode area.

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

Postcode
HP6 5QB
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chesham Bois

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2024
Target decision date
20 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Barker Associates (Essex) Limited
Architect profile
BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED
Agent address
Majesty House Avenue West Skyline A120 Braintree CM77 7AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
102 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/1986/004Next to the site · +2 more
  • 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.

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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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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Apr

    G6/1-Tag 0603 - Monterey Pine - Remove tree to ground level as tree deemed unacceptable.

    PendingWorks to trees covered by TPOPL/26/02717/TP
  2. 2026
    25 Feb

    Installation of new compliant ventilation system to kitchen

    PendingFull ApplicationPL/25/5614/FA
  3. 2025
    29 Apr

    Installation of new bow-top fencing on top of existing wall, to address heath and safety concerns of people…

    PendingFull ApplicationPL/25/1362/FA
  4. 2024
    23 Sep

    G3/2 T0604 lime - prune crown to provide 2m clearance from awning on school building (TPO/1996/001

    ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOPL/24/2911/TP
  5. 2021
    4 Nov

    Monterey Pine - Reduce height by 3 metres - (TPO/1996/001

    ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOPL/21/4261/TP
  6. 2020
    2 Mar

    Lime (T0440) - reduce the height and spread by 1-2 metres (CDC TPO 001/1996

    ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOPL/20/0757/TP

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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