Buckinghamshire Council is preparing a new Local Plan to guide where and how development should take place across Buckinghamshire up to 2045. The Council has now reached the Regulation 19 (Publication) stage of plan preparation and is inviting representations on the Proposed Submission draft Local Plan for Buckinghamshire. This is the final statutory consultation stage before the Plan is submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination by the Planning Inspectorate. The Proposed Submission draft Local Plan for Buckinghamshire sets out the Council’s strategy for delivering homes, employment, infrastructure and community facilities across the county to 2045. It also establishes the planning policies that will be used to manage and guide future development proposals. The Plan, Policies Map, supporting evidence base documents and information on how to make a representation are available on the Council’s Regulation 19 consultation webpage at www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/local-plan. The consultation period runs from Thursday 23 July 2026 until 11:59pm on Sunday 6 September 2026. Representations should focus on whether the Plan has been prepared in accordance with the relevant legal requirements and whether it is sound. |
Category: Planning
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Bucks Council – Local Plan Regulation 19 Consultation
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The Planning Process
I am passing on this Petition from the Beaconsfield Society that seeks to restore visibility of the comments members of the public make regarding planning applications.
Until a year or so ago, Bucks Council, like the majority of LAs up and down the country, allowed all comments to appear on the planning portal but due to one data breach they decided to stop this visibility. Although you can still comment on an application, you have no idea that it has been received as has happened when I comment on behalf of the HVRA on a contentious planning application.
As time is of the essence, would you please, if you can, pass my message as well as the petition below on to as many residents in your road or patch as possible in case they may wish to sign it.
With many thanks
Kind regards
Rosemary
Secretary – HVRA
Dear Dennis,
Please sign this petition to restore visibility of comments submitted on planning applications
A couple of years ago Bucks Council took the decision to hide from the public the comments submitted on planning applications, unlike many other Councils. They took this retrograde step without consultation or a vote.
You can sign a petition to Bucks Council here, to restore public visibility of planning comments:
ePetition – Allow Public Planning Comments to be viewed by all – Modern Council
buckinghamshire.moderngov.co.uk
The deadline is 23rd June. It takes just a couple of minutes.
Thank you and best wishesThe Beaconsfield Society Could you help us organise local events?
We’re looking for new volunteers to join our friendly team to arrange events in Beaconsfield. Do get in touch on thebecsoc@gmail.com to find out more if you might be able to help!
Would you like to support The Beaconsfield Society? If you’re not already a member, please join today!We are run entirely by volunteers and funded through membership and grants. It’s only £10 a year to become an individual member, or £20 a year for household membership.
https://www.beaconsfieldnow.org.uk/membership/become-a- member/
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RAF Halton SPD consultation
Dear Consultee,
We want to hear your views on our draft RAF Halton Supplementary Planning Document.
We have launched a consultation asking people to give their views on a draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which provides a development framework for RAF Halton. This is a site allocated for growth in the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 2011-2031 (VALP), which was adopted in 2021. The site is located east of Halton village and on the edge of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Buckinghamshire Council has worked in conjunction with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (part of the Ministry of Defence) to develop a clear framework and principles for the development of the site as it transfers from military to residential use. The SPD builds on the policy D-HAL003 in the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan to provide guidance on how the site should be redeveloped. It sets out the context and key principles for development to follow, whilst also providing a plan to inform comprehensive development across the site ensuring that the necessary infrastructure is delivered in a timely manner.
The SPD, together with supporting information on how to respond to the consultation, is available at https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/planning/raf-halton.
The consultation closes on Monday 4th March 2024 at 23:59.Alternatively, a copy of the SPD document is available to view at:
Amersham: Amersham Library, Chiltern Avenue, Amersham HP6 5AH Aylesbury: Aylesbury Library, Walton Street, Aylesbury HP20 1UA High Wycombe: Council Offices, Queen Victoria Rd, High Wycombe HP11 1BB You can tell us your views in one of the following ways:
complete the online survey at https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/planning/raf-halton email us at planningpolicyteam.bc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk write to us at Buckinghamshire Council, Planning Policy, RAF Halton SPD Consultation, Queen Victoria Road. High Wycombe, HP11 1BB We are hosting a public drop-in session for you to find out more about the proposals. The drop-in session will be held on Wednesday 21 February 2024 from 2pm to 8pm.
The session will be held at Halton Village Hall, 11 Old School Close, Halton, Aylesbury, HP22 5NG.
If you have any questions about this consultation or would like this consultation in another format or language, please email us at planningpolicyteam.bc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or phone us on 0300 131 6000.
If you want to keep up to date with the Local Plan for Buckinghamshire, please register online at buckinghamshire.oc2.uk/register.
Yours sincerely,
The Planning Policy Team
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Planning application – Country Supplies
*** URGENT ACTION REQUIRED ***
Please click on to the link below to watch a very brief, amazing video that says it all.
The owner of Country Supplies is intending to expand his business at the Oakleaf Farm site in Warrendene Road, Hughenden Valley. He has submitted a planning application for the creation of a HGV lorry park for up to 12 lorries, large customer car park accessed via a new road off Bryants Bottom Road near the crossroads on a meadow lying in the GREEN BELT and Chilterns AONB.
Country Supplies – 22 0500 FUL- HVRA Leaflet
To make a comment to Bucks Council Planning department, please do so by 14th Feb, you can use this web site: https://publicaccess.wycombe.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/ The reference is 22/05000/FUL, enter it into the box at the bottom of the page and click SEARCH. Then click on Comments , you will need to Log-in and set up a password if this is your first time. When this stage is complete you will need to go back into the site to submit your comments. I would recommend that you draft your comments as a Word document first so that you can think about what you want to say. Save it and then when you are ready to submit it do so by cutting and pasting it into the Comments box.
Alternatively, if you experience difficulty doing this, we suggest that you email the Case Officer: sarah.white@buckinghamshire.gov.uk , using ‘COUNTRY SUPPLIES – PLANNING APPLICATION REF: 22/05000/FUL’ on the Subject line, and attach your comments as a document. Explain that you found the process on their web page difficult to use & that you would like her to please upload your comments to the planning portal under Ref: 22/05000/FUL
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Questionnaire Survey Reminder– The Discovery & Exploration Phase for the new Local Plan for Buckinghamshire
This is to remind you about the chance to take part in an important survey about the future of Buckinghamshire. It’s a questionnaire survey for the new Local Plan for Buckinghamshire. We want to hear your views about living and working in Buckinghamshire, what problems and issues you may face, and what your needs are in the future. We want to know what matters most to you. Thank you if you have already responded to the survey.
You can fill out the survey questionnaire online on Your Voice Bucks: https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/planning/local-plan-2021
There are other ways to comment. A pdf of the questionnaire survey is available on the website: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/local-plan-for-bucks. This can be downloaded and then emailed or posted to the Planning Policy Team.
The email address is
planningpolicyteam.bc@buckinghamshire.gov.ukThe postal address is Planning Policy Team, Buckinghamshire Council, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 1BB
You can take part until midnight on Friday 11 February 2022.
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Planning application 22/05000FUL
The residents of Warrendene Road are shocked and dismayed to learn that the owner of Country Supplies, has just submitted a Full planning application under Ref: 22/05000/FUL to create a new access road into the Oakleaf Farm site, with associated highways realignment, from Bryants Bottom Road that will allow up to 12 HGVs to park as well the creation of a car park for up to 34 cars and light goods vehicles on the “Mushroom” field adjacent to the site that lies in the Green Belt and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty where there is a presumption against any new development unless there are very special/exceptional circumstances. The huge increase in the number of parking spaces and increase in full-time staff illustrates the company’s desire for expansion on the site.
A meeting was held in the the Village Hall on Sunday 23rd Jan.
The planning documents can be seen at https://publicaccess.wycombe.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Application using reference 22/05000FUL.
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Lorry Parking on Warrenden Rd
On 16th Sept. there was a special N W Chilterns Community Board meeting was held to discuss the Reshaped Report (developed by Jim Stevens) on the lorry parking problems in Warrendene Road to Board Members, Cllr David Carroll and Cllr Steven Broadbent (our local Bucks Council Councillors), and HPC Chairman, Cllr Paul Nicholls, for their consideration and initial comment prior going forward to the Board’s Traffic & Roads Issues Group. Also in attendance were some Warrendene Road residents and HVRA members.
As a result of that meeting, we would urge you ALL to read the 31-page Report (see below) and, furthermore, to please pass on all your comments by 30th September to Jackie Binning, all three Local Members of Bucks Council. (see below for contact details)
Last night Jim Stevens asked the Board Members present to accept the following 5 recommendations:
1. NOTE the extent of the work that has been undertaken to investigate the lorry parking issues raised by the residents, the engagement with key parties, including a wider group of residents, all of which have informed the findings of this report.
2. REJECT the residents’ request, as described in their Petition, due to the adverse implications this would have for the local community in Walters Ash/Naphill.
3. NOTE that other ideas have been identified in this report, that could be taken forwards, to reduce the lorry parking problems in Warrendene Road.
4. COMMENT on the ideas set out in this report, including sending any comments by email to the Community Board Coordinator by 30 September 2021.
5. NOTE that this report and the comments made in the Community Board meeting and received by email, will help inform Buckinghamshire Council Local Members decide by 29th October 2021, the way forwards and next appropriate steps.
It is vital that residents make their comments/concerns/objections known by the 30th September via email to:
Jackie.Binning@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
As the N W Chilterns Community Board’s Co-Ordinator, Jackie needs your comments so that she can pass them on to Board Members on 3rd November where the way forward and next appropriate steps will be agreed:
David.Carroll@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Steve.Broadbent@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Clive.Harriss@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
It is very important that our three Local Members are fully aware of your concerns because ultimately they have to represent their residents in coming to a decision on the ideas/issues raised in Jim Stevens’ Report and the best way forward.
You could also email your comments to the Clerk and Chairman of the Parish Council
clerk@hughenden-pc.gov.uk and paul.nicholls@hughenden-pc.gov.uk
For completeness, the text of the petition that led BC to commission the report is given here.
OAKLEAF FARM PETITION – 23 JULY 20
Report to Community Board – Warrendene Road 13-9-21
Powerpoint for Community Board
Updated 2021-10-01 , Notes from NWC Extra Ordinary CB Meeting 16.09.21
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Parish Councils & the Planning process
Recent changes to the process give Parish Councils slightly more say than previously. Parish Councils can now request that a planning request is reviewed by one of the Bucks Council Planning Committees, rather than it being handled by a Planning Officer. The latter is the case for the majority of cases – which are either straightforward & approved or fail for fairly obvious reasons. Details in the link below.
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From Bucks Council
Press release: Council confirms key political appointments:
This is important for everybody, not just because these are political appointments, but because it shows who has lead responsibility for specific portfolios in Bucks Council. So you know who to badger!