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Victoria House 28 - 32 Desborough Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2NF

20/08254/PNP3OOffices to dwelling housesPermitted
Prior approval

Proposal

Prior notification application (Part 3, Class O) for change of use of ground, first and second floors of existing building falling within Class B1(a) (Offices) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to create 30 residential units

Received
3 December 2020
Decided
4 February 2021 · Details Not Required to be Submitted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Former Booker, Cressex & Castlefield
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 63 days

This is a planning application for a change of use at Victoria House 28 - 32 Desborough Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2NF. Wycombe has handled 13,221 applications of this type and approves 88% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Wycombe's median. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,353 applications in total for the HP11 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
20/08254/PNP3O
Address
Victoria House 28 - 32 Desborough Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2NF
Postcode
HP11 2NF
Local Authority
Wycombe
Application Type
Offices to dwelling houses
Scale / Size
Medium
Number of Dwellings
30
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Awaiting decision
Ward
Former Booker, Cressex & Castlefield
Parish
High Wycombe Town Unparished

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
2nd Floor 24 Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
3 December 2020
Target Decision Date
28 January 2021
Date Decided
4 February 2021
Date Validated
3 December 2020
Date Submitted
3 December 2020

Planning Decision

Decision
Details Not Required to be Submitted
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09193951
Documents
23
Coordinates
51.633774, -0.765523
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wycombe

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 1-9 Shaftesbury Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2NARegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 and heritage coasts.

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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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