Plans to erect a new 5m high fence at a Wycombe NHS site to protect ‘at risk’ patients and staff have been put forward.

This is just one of the many applications considered by Buckinghamshire Council during the past seven days.

To view more details for each application, go to the council’s planning portal with the reference number attached.

New fencing, Saffron House, Easton Street, High Wycombe (24/06529/FUL)

Plans to install new anti-climb ‘secure’ fencing at the mental health hub for children and adults have been put forward after anti-social behaviour issues.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Buckinghamshire’s mental health services, has applied for permission to install a ‘new secure fenced entrance’ at the rear fire access pathway and the rear secondary entrance off Birdcage Walk.

Proposals also include ‘controlled gates to ensure the areas can be maintained in a safe an appropriate manner’.

The ‘Fortress 80’ fencing proposed is made from ‘hard drawn 4mm steel wire’, features clamp bars and tamper-resistant bolts, and would reach a maximum height of 5.2m.

In its application, the trust said Saffron House was vacant when it took it over and that existing anti-social behaviour at the ‘secluded’ areas where it wants the fencing had persisted.

It added: “The areas continue to have issues with anti-social behaviour and the environment in these locations is putting patients, staff and the public at risk.”

‘Cherry Pie’ extension refused, 107A Station Road, Beaconsfield (PL/24/1554/FA)

Mr Paul Burrows has been refused planning permission for extensions and other works to ‘Cherry Pie’ due to potential bats roosting in the roof of the property.

The applicant had proposed a part two, part-single storey rear extension, a dormer extension at the front, an infill of the existing porch and a new canopy.

His plans also included an additional window and door to the side, changes to the driveway including replacement gates, replacement of existing retaining walls, decorative garden planting and other works.

However, council planners rejected the plans, due to work on the roof, which ‘may provide roosting opportunities and habitat for bat species’.

They added: “Inadequate ecological information has been submitted with the application and it has not been possible to fully assess the impact of the proposal on protected species.”

New swimming pool room at the Old Vicarage, Church Road, Little Marlow (24/06562/FUL)

Mr and Mrs Doherty have proposed the new structure to the poolside of the extended 17th century detached country house and former vicarage.

Planning permission to build a pool at the mansion was already granted, and the new structure would house pool equipment and terrace furniture.

The building proposed is described in the plans as a ‘small and traditionally designed lightweight glazed summer house style building’ finished in ‘timber with a clay tile roof’.

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