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7 & 8 High Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2AZ

16/05538/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 December 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of part of the two storey structures to rear of site, retention of former cottages for residential use for 2 x 1 bed flats and construction of new three and four storey rear extension comprising new commercial space to ground floor and 10 x 1 bed and 2 x 2 bed no. flats above, associated bin stores and external alterations to existing shop frontage.

Received
26 February 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Previous Abbey Ward
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.5 Oct
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 230 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 7 & 8 High Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2AZ. Wycombe has handled 7,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 292 days, 33 weeks longer than Wycombe's typical decision time. The site is in the High Wycombe conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. 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 2AZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
High Wycombe Town Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2016
Consultation expiry
5 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end
5 October 2016
Target decision date
28 July 2016
Committee meeting
14 December 2016
Decision issued
15 December 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Registry 20 Amersham Hill High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6NZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04814210
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: High Wycombe
  • Listed building: Grade II: 3, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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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