Councillor Mark Turner

West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee - Wednesday, 27th August, 2025 6.30 pm

The West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee convened to discuss planning applications and related matters. Councillor Sarfaraz Khan Raja was scheduled to chair the meeting. The committee was expected to review planning applications for developments at Station Court and land adjacent to Hilltop, as well as note the minutes of the previous meeting.

Strategic Sites Committee - Thursday, 31st July, 2025 2.00 pm

The Buckinghamshire Council Strategic Sites Committee met to discuss an outline planning application for residential dwellings and elderly extra care accommodation on land adjacent to Amersham Road and Minerva Way in Beaconsfield. Councillors ultimately voted to refuse the application, citing concerns over Green Belt impact, landscape character, loss of agricultural land, the lack of a sequential test[^1] and the absence of a signed section 106 agreement[^2].

Council - Wednesday, 9th July, 2025 4.00 pm

The Buckinghamshire Council met to discuss several key issues, including the appointment of a returning officer, cabinet member reports, and motions related to local plans and funding. Councillors approved the appointment of Lisa Marie Williams as the returning officer and electoral registration officer, and also approved a motion to engage with water and sewage providers on capacity investment in the local plan. A motion regarding transparency of member fees was referred to the Standards and General Purpose Committee.

Strategic Sites Committee - Thursday, 3rd July, 2025 2.00 pm

The Strategic Sites Committee of Buckinghamshire Council scheduled a meeting to discuss planning applications, primarily concerning the Wilton Park development in Beaconsfield. The committee was expected to review reserved matters for existing outline permissions and consider a new outline application for additional dwellings.

West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee - Wednesday, 2nd July, 2025 6.30 pm

The West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee met to discuss planning applications in the area, including a proposal to convert a pub into a house of multiple occupation, which was refused. Councillors also approved plans for new homes in Hazlemere, and replacement fencing at a sports pitch in Cressex.