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Allowed7 March 20253343635

St Leonards Church Hall, Glebe Way, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, HP6 5ND

Planning appeal 3343635 at St Leonards Church Hall, Glebe Way, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, HP6 5ND (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was allowed on 7 March 2025 by Inspector Wright A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would have a significant effect on the integrity of the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation.

Redevelopment of the site to create a new multifunctional parish centre with cafe, day nursery building, replacement rectory with detached garage, two outbuildings to provide prayer room and substation/bin and bicycle store, associated parking and landscaping

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
community-institutional · Other minor developments
Inspector
Wright A
Postcode
HP6 5ND

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would have a significant effect on the integrity of the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation
  • Highway safety and parking provision
  • Ecology and biodiversity net gain

What decided it

The Council's adoption of the SAC mitigation strategy and withdrawal of its objections, combined with Natural England's confirmation of no objection and the proposal's location at sufficient distance from the SAC to avoid significant recreational pressure impacts, resolved the main dispute and allowed the appeal.

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