Residents are urged to keep an eye on Planning Applications in our area and you can do this using the list/map summary below.

THIS IS UPDATED EVERY 24 HOURS.

Should you wish to make a comment click on the Full Details tab next to the application and/or contact the Parish Council using the contact us page on this site.

THE PLANNING PROCESS

Pursuant to the Local Government Act 1972 and Section 27 of the Localism Act 2011, Grendon Underwood Parish Council (‘the Local Council’) is a designated Planning Consultee of the Planning Authority, Buckinghamshire Council.

The Planning Authority is legally obliged to submit planning applications, proposed within the Parish boundary, to their relevant Planning Consultee and invite it to provide a local perspective on the application.

The Local Council may or may not be obliged to respond to such invitations subject to it considering any such response to be divisive or not in the public interest. The Local Council will invoke its Planning Policy, taking due regard to its evaluation of any impacts on local need and sustainability. It is also required to take into account all relevant planning law and precedent.

In making any response the Local Council will always seek to represent the views of local residents, as it is able to ascertain these and where these are notified to the Local Council, such as to convey to the Planning Authority any local environmental concerns & infrastructure implications they may have, should the Planning Authority grant an application.

Whilst legally bound to “consider” local input, The Planning Authority is only required to give it that weight in the planning balance as it alone sees fit. The Planning Authority is NOT obliged to accept local input either in whole or in part.

Residents can make a comment either directly to the Planning Authority using the tabs below or by contacting the Parish Council using the form on the Contact Us page on this site.

NEW LOCAL PLAN STATUS

Bucks Council warns of 95,000 new homes as it drafts local plan covering 2045

A draft of the local plan can be found here

https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/planning/local-plan/

Today, 17th September 2025, the consultation period for the council’s next local plan has opened which will include details on how housing and employment developments will be created up to the year 2045. Transport, environmental, and other economic strategies will be included.

Bucks Council is planning to reveal its final plan next year after a consultation period starting 17th September 2025 and ending at a deadline of December 2026, set by the Government - and the council’s final draft of the local plan must be submitted prior to that.. The authority will also weigh up other pieces of evidence that will be collected and analysed prior to the deadline.

The authority for Buckinghamshire has cautioned that current plans set out by the Government represent a 43% increase on what the council was previously planning for the County.

Councillor Peter Strachan said: “The new target of 95,000 houses increases our requirement by 43%, and with possible new towns also on the horizon, the population in Buckinghamshire could increase by almost 50% by 2045.

"Having an up-to-date plan gives us some control over where new development should happen in Bucks. If we don’t do this within the
statutory deadlines set by central government then we, and by that I mean all of us, will have even less say over how and where these new
homes are built.

"Also, if this many new homes are to be built here they need to come with the necessary infrastructure. We can’t have tens of thousands of
new homes without the new roads, community facilities, schools, health services and other infrastructure needed for all these new residents.

"I invite all residents, businesses and local groups and our partners to take a look at our draft Local Plan proposals and feedback their views.”