BUCKS Council is set to refurbish a historic primary school’s library as its planning officers approve plans.
This is just one of the many applications submitted to Bucks Council in the past seven days.
To view more details for each application, go to the council’s planning portal with the reference number attached.
Plans to convert a house in multiple occupation (HMO) into flats submitted at 310-312 Micklefield Road, High Wycombe (22/07025/FUL).
Developer Khan and Jackson Developments Ltd want to transform the 13-bed HMO into four two-bedroom apartments. This involves a two-storey rear extension to the property.
There will be five off-road parking spaces, with an extended dropped kerb, as proposed in the application.
The planning statement reads: “The first-floor flats will have use of the shared amenity space towards the rear of the site.
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“We have also been careful with the side windows to allow privacy to the ground floor flats, by designing these windows to be relatively high level.
“The lounge and kitchen area are one through the room with large double doors at the rear, hence the lighting of this room should certainly be adequate.”
Roundwood Primary School’s library to see refurbishment works in Main Street, Tingewick (22/02327/ALB).
The school, which dates back from 1874, will replace its ‘deteriorating’ external door to the library following years of neglect.
Buckinghamshire Council are landlords of the premises and will undertake the works as part of the lease requirements.
A Building Surveyor found that the door and frame were letting water pass into the grade II listed building, and this was causing further consequential damage to the internal building fabric and finishes. The detailing on the door and frame were also found to be poor.
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The planning statement reads: “The proposed alterations are necessary to provide ongoing security and weather tightness of the existing building fabric and prevent any further consequential damage to the building.”
A farm will install 234 solar panels at Shardeloes Farm Equestrian Centre, Cherry Lane, Woodrow (PL/22/1533/FA).
Planning officers approved plans for the installation of ground-mounted solar panels to help reduce energy consumption at the property.
The planning statement reads: “A lot of thought was put in as to the positioning of the system, the aesthetics and the visibility of the system within the surrounding area.
“The field became the obvious choice due to how the land is situated within the surrounding area which enabled us to reduce the visibility of the system.
“The aesthetics and visibility of the system will be aided by how the proposed system will be situated which significantly reduces the visual impact of the system. There will be no disruption to hedgerows or trees during the installation.”
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