The Planning Inspector who visited the Parish Centre on Glebe Way on 28/1/25 has published their decision to allow the appeal submitted by St. Leonard’s Parochial Church Council, (PCC). The news has been posted on the Bucks. Council planning portal today, link:
The PCC wish to demolish the parish centre and New Rectory in order to build a commercial development to accommodate around 400 people on site and a car park for 114 vehicles in the centre of the Chesham Bois Conservation Area, operating between 07.00 and 23.00 every day of the week.
Chesham Bois Parish Council is a statutory consultee in planning matters and has opposed the proposed development on behalf of the majority of residents who responded to our survey about the planning application. The survey was distributed to households as a hand delivered leaflet in 2023 soon after the planning application was submitted. The primary reasons that people objected to the planning application were the enormous scale of the proposed public buildings; the car park for more than 100 vehicles; and the hours of operation.
The Parish Council is also an interested party with regard to the planning application as owner of the Common Land surrounding the proposed development site. Access across Common Land would be required for the proposed development and the Planning Inspector’s rationale for allowing the appeal will be considered at a meeting of the Parish Council.