Planning drawings in Buckinghamshire, £895 fixed

What is the householder approval rate in Buckinghamshire?

Buckinghamshire Council granted 2,465 of 2,855 householder decisions (86.3%) from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, counting householder planning applications and larger home extension prior approvals together. Across London the same measure was 85.8% (20,556 of 23,967). Source: MHCLG live table PS2, district planning application statistics, 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. See the other Buckinghamshire councils on the Buckinghamshire planning page.

What does Buckinghamshire Council need to validate an application?

• Location plans at 1:1250 or 1:2500, block plans at 1:500 or 1:200, and elevations and floor plans at 1:100 or 1:50, each with a scale bar. (source)
• For extensions, replacement dwellings or outbuildings in the Green Belt, floor plans must show the measured volume of the gross external area. (source)
• Every plan needs a unique reference number, plans drawn on Land Registry plans are not accepted, and only one red-line boundary is allowed per submission. (source)
• A heritage statement where designated or non-designated heritage assets are involved, including locally listed buildings, and a tree or ecology report where the council's Ecology and Trees checklist calls for one. (source)
• A flood risk assessment in Flood Zones 2 or 3. Householder proposals are excluded from the air quality assessment required in Air Quality Management Areas. (source)

Article 4 directions in Buckinghamshire

An Article 4 direction removes permitted development rights, so work that needs no application elsewhere needs one here. Check yours with the permitted development checker.

• Land South of Upton Road, Upton, Aylesbury. Listed by the council as a current direction, sealed 16 September 2026; the rights removed are set out in the direction itself. (source)
• Four Ashes, High Wycombe (land at Kingshill Road). Sealed 29 May 2024; applies to a specific parcel of land rather than to houses generally. (source)
• The School House, 138 High Street, Iver. Listed by the council as a current direction, sealed 7 August 2024. (source)
• Other site-specific directions. The council also lists directions at Village Farm, Boarstall; Main Road North, Edlesborough; The Old Vicarage, Seer Green; New Road, Coleshill; Nook Park, Great Horwood; and Chiltern View Nurseries, Aylesbury (2024 to 2025). (source)
• Older directions across the county. The national planning data register holds 386 Article 4 direction areas for Buckinghamshire, many inherited from the former district councils. (source)

The national planning data register records 184 conservation areas in Buckinghamshire; the council publishes an appraisal and map for each. (source)

How long does a planning decision take in Buckinghamshire?

Eight weeks is the statutory period for a householder application. Of the 1,361 householder planning applications Buckinghamshire decided from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, excluding prior approvals, 842 (61.9%) were decided within eight weeks.

• Householder pre-application advice costs £579.40 including VAT for an initial meeting and a written response (fee shown on 13 October 2026). (source)
• The council aims to give pre-application advice within 30 days, though complex cases may take longer. (source)

Design guidance: Householder Planning and Design Guidance SPD (Wycombe area). Adopted January 2020 for the former Wycombe district. Chiltern, South Bucks and Aylesbury Vale each keep their own householder guidance, listed on the council's local planning guidance page.

Other local costs and documents in Buckinghamshire

• Highways pre-application advice for a householder scheme is a separate £257, on top of the planning pre-application fee (fee shown on 13 October 2026). (source)
• Householder design guidance is still split by former district: the Wycombe Householder SPD (January 2020), the Chiltern Residential Extensions and Householder Development SPD, the South Bucks House Extensions Design Guide and the Vale of Aylesbury Design SPD. (source)

Planning and building regulations drawings in Buckinghamshire

The same published prices apply in Buckinghamshire as everywhere we work.

• planning permission drawings in Buckinghamshire: £895, survey to submission, with the council fee paid separately.
• building regulations drawings: £795, drawn to the Approved Documents once planning is settled.
• house extension drawings: what a rear, side or wraparound extension needs, from permitted development to a full application.

Where your work is permitted development, a certificate of lawfulness starts at £950. Not sure which applies? Read do I need planning permission? first.

Neighbouring councils

Buckinghamshire shares a boundary with three council areas where we publish the same council data. Each has its own approval rate, validation checklist and Article 4 areas, so check which council your address falls under before relying on any one page.

Council facts checked 13 October 2026.