Abbey planning approval rate
Abbey ward in Buckinghamshire has a 87.1% approval rate based on 931 planning decisions. Buckinghamshire overall: 85.4%.
Last updated: September 2026
87.1%
ward approval rate
931
Decisions
811
Approved
120
Refused
85.4%
Buckinghamshire average
Abbey is broadly in line with the Buckinghamshire average, neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Abbey compares
Abbey ward
87.1%
Buckinghamshire overall
85.4%
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Recent decisions in Abbey
Removal of existing glazed shopfronts, cladding of retained structure at street · Tue 29 Sep 2026
Change of use from Pub (Sui Generis) to Retail shop (Class E) with fenestration · Fri 25 Sep 2026
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Other wards in Buckinghamshire
Marlow (89.3%)
Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns (87.5%)
Ridgeway West (80.4%)
Chiltern Villages (86.1%)
Ridgeway East (79.5%)
Princes Risborough (82.0%)
Hazlemere (90.2%)
Former Beaconsfield (90.4%)
Penn, Tylers Green and Loudwater (88.7%)
Former Chalfont St Giles (87.4%)
Former Gerrards Cross (86.3%)