Chesham Bois Parish Council are holding their annual Picnic on the Common on Saturday 31st August, 4 pm to 7 pm. All residents/friends and families are welcome to come along. Bring your own picnic. Music will be provided by local band Tinlin.

We have been advised that Holloway Lane will be closed from 8 am to 5 pm on 29th and 30th August 2024 while works are carried out to the road surface by Balfour Beatty.

Emergency works are to be carried out by Affinity Water on Bois Lane Chesham Bois. A diversion route will be in place from 4th to 7th August 2024.

The Parish Council were notified on 25th June that St Leonards Parochial Church have submitted an appeal against the refusal of full planning permission for the redevelopment of St Leonards Church Hall, Glebe Way, Chesham Bois.

If residents wish to make comments, or modify/withdraw any previous representations this should be done via the Planning Inspectorate’s website: https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ or in writing to Pana Kwabe, The Planning Inspectorate, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol BS1 6PN quoting the appeal reference APP/X0415/W/24/3343635.

All representations must be received by the Planning Inspectorate by 30th July 2024

Emergency works are to be undertaken by Buckinghamshire Council in respect of emergency carriageway repairs on Hollow Way Lane. Road closure will take place from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm on 16th and 17th July 2024.

Planning Appeal Ref. APP/X0415/W/24/3343635: Glebe Way, Chesham Bois
Planning Application Ref. PL/22/4074/FA

A planning application to build a large-scale commercial development with a car park for more than 110 vehicles in the centre of the Chesham Bois Conservation Area, on a site surrounded by Chesham Bois Common, is still being pursued by St. Leonard’s Parochial Church Council.

The proposal to build across the site of the publicly funded parish centre, the new rectory (built in the 1980’s) and adjacent green space was initially submitted in 2020 and has already been refused twice by Bucks. Council, in 2021 and 2024, and once on appeal by the UK Planning Inspectorate in 2022.

On 25th June 2024, the Parish Council received formal notice that St. Leonard’s Parochial Church Council has decided to submit a second appeal to the UK Planning Inspectorate, in spite of considerable local opposition to the scale of the proposed development in such a tranquil setting enjoyed by residents, visitors and native wildlife.

The Parish Council called an extraordinary meeting on 28th June 2024 to agree upon a response to the appeal. A resolution was made to instruct lawyers to challenge the appeal on behalf of residents who have notified us of their objections and as the adjacent landowner of Chesham Bois Common which is owned and managed by the Parish Council for the benefit of the whole community. The deadline for representations to be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate is Tuesday, 30th July 2024.