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The Needham Bowl, The Chiltern Rooms 241 Desborough Road & Leigh Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2QW

11/07124/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 October 2012

Council decision: Permission with Planning ObligationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing former factory building, construction of 74 residential units comprising 1, 2 and 3 bedroom flats, and 7 B1 units, landscaping, underground parking, modification of the access to Desborough Road and creation of new footpath from Desborough Road to Leigh Street.

Received
16 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Previous Oakridge And Castlefield Ward
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 383 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Needham Bowl,The Chiltern Rooms 241 Desborough Road & Leigh Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2QW. Wycombe has handled 7,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 409 days, 49 weeks longer than Wycombe's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,377 applications in total for the HP11 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Wycombe were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HP11 2QW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
74
Parish
High Wycombe Town Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2011
Consultation expiry
29 October 2012
Consultation end
29 October 2012
Neighbour consultation end
29 October 2012
Target decision date
11 January 2012
Committee meeting
17 October 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Beech House 259 Amersham Road Hazlemere High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP15 7QW

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01630787
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leigh Street Furniture Heritage, High WycombePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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