Planning Meeting, 1 September 2026 – Report

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CHEPPING WYCOMBE PARISH COUNCIL

PLANNING MEETING

1 September 2026

 

Members of the council are summoned to attend the meeting to be held at 12.00 noon via Microsoft Teams

The meeting is open to members of the public and press

 

Present:               Cllr H Darch                                       Cllr A Barron                     

Cllr D Johncock                                 Cllr S Guy

Cllr L Townsend                               Cllr P LeFevre (arrived at 12.15)

 

Cllr S Guy was chairman of the meeting.

 

 

1. Apologies for Absence

Apologies were received and approved from Cllr N Thomas

 

2. Declarations of Interest and Code of Conduct

Cllr H Darch declared an interest in application PL/26/06438 as he knows the applicant

 

3. Applications for consideration

 

Ref	Property Address	Proposal	Comment
PL/26/05864/FA	35 Wheeler Avenue Tylers Green Buckinghamshire HP10 8EN	Single storey front and side extension. Construction of outbuilding.	No comment
PL/26/06198/FA	23 Chapman Lane Flackwell Heath Buckinghamshire HP10 9AZ	Garage conversion.	No comment
PL/26/06438/FA	Annesley Lodge 13 St Johns Close Tylers Green Buckinghamshire HP10 8HX	Two storey front extension, roof adjustments and loft conversion with new rear dormer and skylights. Changes to fenestration. Rear extension.	No comment
PL/26/06428/FA	17B Kings Ride Tylers Green Buckinghamshire HP10 8BJ	Single-storey rear extension, wrap-around double storey extension with two rear gable roofs additions and associated internal alterations. Changes to fenestration	CWPC is concerned that the proposed application would be over development of the site.  There is an absence of calculations which makes assessment of the proportions impossible, and we would therefore like to refer this to the Case Officer.

 

4. Questions from members

                Cllr Darch brought a late application which had been received by the office on Friday; PL26/06796/PIP Land                 adjacent to Hilltop, Hammersley Lane – a permission in principle for the erection of minimum of 2 and a                 maximum of 2   dwellings including secure bicycle storage with charging points and timers for electrically                 assisted pedal cycles (e-bikes).

                The application is citing that the site would be sustainable now that the Gomm Valley development is                 underway with the reforming of a footpath to the development.  However, this is felt to be premature as                 there is no mention of any cycling/pedestrian access in the current Gomm Valley scheme that would provide                 such a link.  The Gomm Valley site as a whole has not yet received full planning permission only outline so                 any access would well in the future and is not guaranteed.  Cllr Darch advised that he would compose a                 response and circulate it to his fellow councillors.

 

                Cllr Guy highlighted the closed off pedestrian access to Tesco’s store in Loudwater.  This makes accessing the                 store unsafe.

                Cllr Townsend advised that she would speak with Cllr Drayton and Cllr Wilson as the store falls within                 Wooburn and Bourne End Parish.

 

                Cllr Guy also thanked Cllr D Johncock for all the work he had done on the Local Plan response.  Cllr Johncock                 asked if there were any more comments.

                Cllr Townsend advised that she would be attending a Beaconsfield Society meeting in the evening and would                 report back on any information relating to Solar Farms.

                Cllr Johncock advised that Cllr LeFevre had highlighted the ability to speak at the public examination which                 will be added in the conclusion.

 

                Cllr Townsend advised that the Spring Lane development in Flackwell Heath had not yet been given a                 committee date as they were waiting for information from the applicant.

 

                Cllr Townsend and Cllr Johncock attended the planning enforcement meeting relating to Land to the rear of                 22 Chapel Road Flackwell Heath.  There had been a Stop Notice and now an Enforcement Notice applied to                 remove the hardstanding.  Cllr Johncock also mentioned that the boundary had been pushed and the fencing                 was higher than before.

 

                There could be a planning application in the future.

 

 

The chairman of the meeting thanked members for their attendance and closed the meeting at 12.23.

 

 

Date & time of next meeting: Tuesday 15 September 2026 @ 12 noon, on Teams

 

 

 

Response below agreed and submitted after the above meeting (as per item 4).

Ref	Property Address	Proposal	Comment
PL/26/06796/PIP	Land Adjacent Hilltop Hammersley Lane High Wycombe Buckinghamshire	Application for permission in principle for the erection of minimum of 2 and a maximum of 2 dwellings including secure bicycle storage with charging points and timers for electrically assisted pedal cycles (e-bikes)	We continue to object to this application disagreeing strongly that this site can be deemed suitable for ‘sustainable development’. Hammersley Lane has a 40 m.p.h. speed limit, no street lighting and no footpath for much of its length, and there is no public right of way across the frontages of properties to the north and south of the site. We contend very strongly that future residents will have to rely on cars as it is particularly UNSAFE for anyone, particularly children, to walk and/or cycle up (or as contended in this application) down unlit Hammersley Lane across private frontages to access schools, amenities and buses to Beaconsfield and High Wycombe. The definitive footpath now cited as a safe walking route down to Gomm Road and the A40 has long been in existence. The ‘newly created and signed’ entrance from slightly further down Hammersley Lane still requires future residents to walk down (or cycle) from the site along the section without footpaths and therefore remains UNSAFE. The footpath itself is currently unmade up, steep, winding, narrow and overgrown and certainly UNSAFE; even if at some future stage it was paved and widened we contend it would remain steep, winding, unlit and UNSAFE for regular access by residents particularly children and any but the fittest adults. Cycling access now highlighted through the newly built Phase 1 development further down Hammersley Lane would still require travelling down and up the very steep unlit section with 2 unsighted bends and remains in our view UNSAFE.