Planning and buildings
- Planning and buildings
- Advice and information
- Buying a plot of land in Wycombe district
- Charges for planning advice and information
- Online access to planning services
- Planning agents customer panel
- Planning and building control help desk
- Planning and buildings contacts
- Planning events
- Planning weekly bulletin - Catch up on current planning news!
Wycombe District Council is responsible for the development and protection of the environment within the district in consultation with other local and national organisations. Our Planning and Building Control services offer advice and guidance to residents and businesses.
Use the pages in this section to find out about planning, building control, conservation and historic buildings and our local urban and rural landscape.
You can:
- Find out about planning decisions and the Development Control Committee
- View existing planning applications (including appeals, decision notices, officer's reports and drawings)
- Download application forms and application checklists for planning permission
- Make an application online using the Planning Portal (listed below)
- View a list of current planning appeals decisions
- View planning applications, policies and constraints on maps, and sign up for email alerts on new applications, through BucksMaps (listed below)
- View planning policy documents, including the Local Plan, the Local Development Framework and supplementary planning guidance
- Use our developer contributions calculator
- Find out about building control and the building regulations
- View information on planning enforcement
- Obtain guidance relating to conservation, listed buildings and trees
- Respond to our public consultations
Cabinet member for Planning and Sustainability: Councillor Jean Teesdale
Find out about transport planning
Online services
View Wycombe district planning applications online
BucksMaps - View planning applications, policies and constraints on maps, and sign up for email alerts on new applications (see web link below)
Planning Portal - Use this facility to make a planning application online. National information on planning hosted by the Planning Inspectorate (see web link below)
Who to contact
planning@wycombe.gov.uk - 01494 421 539
building_control@wycombe.gov.uk- 01494 421 403
Full list of planning and building control contacts.
Links
- Planning Portal

The Planning Portal is the UK Government's planning resource. Use the site to learn about the planning system, apply for planning permission, find out about developments near you, appeal against a planning decision and research the latest government policy. - BucksMaps

The BucksMaps service provides map-based information on planning, community facilities and other services provided by the local authorities in the County. Wycombe District Council contributes its planning applications, policies and constraints to this service. You can sign up for email alerts on new applications in your neighbourhood. There are also links from BucksMaps to Planning Public Access.

