The Central & North Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee is scheduled to consider two planning applications at its upcoming meeting. These include a proposed loft conversion and a variation to the conditions of a children's home.

Loft Conversion at 17 Walton Place, Weston Turville

The committee is scheduled to review a proposal for a loft conversion at 17 Walton Place, Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire HP22 5RB. The application seeks planning permission for a loft conversion that would include a rear-facing dormer and three front-facing rooflights. The report pack indicates that the proposed development is considered acceptable in terms of design, transport and parking, residential amenity, flooding, ecology, landscape and trees, and the historic environment. The application is being brought before the committee because one of the applicants is an employee of Buckinghamshire Council's Planning and Environment department, requiring transparency in the decision-making process. The report suggests that the proposal would accord with relevant policies in the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan (VALP), the Weston Turville Neighbourhood Plan, and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

Variation of Condition for Children's Home at 33 Gwendoline Buck Drive, Aylesbury

A second item on the agenda is an application to vary a condition on a previously approved children's home at 33 Gwendoline Buck Drive, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 9FN. The application, made under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, seeks to extend the age range of children for whom care can be provided from 10-16 years to 10-18 years. The number of children accommodated would remain at a maximum of two. This application has been called in by two Ward Members, Councillors Sherrilyn Bateman and Tim Dixon, citing concerns about the impact on residential amenities and the management of the care home. The report pack suggests that the proposed variation would not have an unacceptable impact on highway safety or the residential amenities of neighbouring properties. The principle of the development as a children's home (Use Class C2) was established by a previous planning permission, reference 24/03207/APP, granted on 24 December 2024. The report indicates that the proposal would accord with the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan and the NPPF.