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Penn School Church Road Penn Buckinghamshire HP10 8LZ

23/07721/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 October 2024

Council decision: Permission with Planning ObligationPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of Rayners House, Rayners Lodge and The Gardener's Bothy into hotel (Class C1), including internal and external alterations, repair and refurbishments works with associated extensions and alterations to provide a fine dining restaurant, bistro, cookery school and accommodation along with the erection of a single storey detached Wellness Spa, garden suites and villas, new highway access, internal road and car parking areas, limited demolition, excavation, engineering, landscaping and associated works

Received
1 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Tylers Green And Loudwater
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided18 Oct

Decided in 352 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Penn School Church Road Penn Buckinghamshire HP10 8LZ. Wycombe has handled 7,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 352 days, 41 weeks longer than Wycombe's typical decision time. The site is in the Penn and Tylers Green conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 32 other applications at this address. We hold 2,526 applications in total for the HP10 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
HP10 8LZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Chepping Wycombe Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2023
Consultation expiry
13 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 December 2023
Target decision date
31 January 2024
Committee meeting
10 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Apex Plaza Forbury Road Reading Berkshire RG1 1AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12513175
Documents
284

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Penn and Tylers GreenPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Obelisk commemorating Benjamin DisraeliOn this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry ProductionPart of the site · +1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 11/2018Covers the site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Buckinghamshire
  • National Landscape (AONB): ChilternsPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, 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, 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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Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    13 Jun

    Variation of condition 2 (plan numbers) attached to 23/07722/LBC

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/06446/LBCS19
  2. 2024
    14 Mar

    Pollard at near crown break as severe decay in base x 1 Ash (T3), fell as short life expectancy x 1 Ash…

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Order24/05623/TPO
  3. 2024
    25 Jan

    Prune back lateral branches by 2-3m to prevent overhang and branch failure x 1 Beech (T1)

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Order24/05183/TPO
  4. 2023
    3 Oct

    Prune back lateral branches by 2-3m to clear from the neighbour's property x 1 Sycamore (T1), x 1 Beech (T2)…

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Order23/07467/TPO
  5. 2021
    30 Sep

    Cut back overhanging branches to suitable pruning points as over sails property x 3 Sycamore (T1 - T3), x 1…

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Order21/07944/TPO
  6. 2021
    22 Sep

    Group G1 Fell 4 x Yews, 3 x Holly, 4 x Thorn and remove basal growth of 1 Lime also reduce and reshape 2 Yews…

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Order21/07849/TPO

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