Plans to create 78 new flats have been put forward in High Wycombe, as well as a separate proposal to build a new swimming pool.

These are just some 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 flats at 40 Oxford Road, High Wycombe (24/07287/PNPCR)

Plans have been submitted to the council to turn a large office block in the town centre into 78 new apartments.

A new application seeks to change the use of the existing ground, first, second and third floors from office to residential.

This would turn the four-storey building near Sainsbury’s into 75 studio or one-bedroom flats and three two-bedroom apartments.

Limited details of the proposed flats have been sent to the council by the applicant, which is listed as ‘40 Oxford Ltd’.

However, floorplans for the site show flats on each floor of the offices off a central corridor, each with its own combined living, kitchen and dining area.

Online listings for the office block say that it has ‘excellent natural light’ and that it is home to law firm Blaser Mills and Swedish bank Handelsbanken.

Couple plan new swimming pool, ‘Quercus’, Owlswick (22/07295/FUL)

Mr and Mrs Annie and James Dalrymple have asked the council for permission to build an outdoor swimming pool in their back garden.

The applicants say the 12m by 5m pool will be flush with the ground and set into the area of the garden where the existing patio is located.

Their plans read: “The pool is located to the rear of the property beyond the line of sight from the vehicular track and public footpath. It will not therefore visually affect the size or scale of the existing property.”

Plans state that five new native trees will be planted in the garden to mitigate any impacts of construction and that any affected areas of lawn will be reinstated on completion.

12 ash trees to be felled, Kensham Farm, Watercroft Lane, Cadmore End (24/07313/TPO)

A dozen ash trees are set to be felled because they are suffering from Ash Dieback, a disease caused by a fungus just beneath the bark.

The applicant said the trees were close to a road and ‘would pose a health and safety risk’ should they fall.

Plans read: “Of the 12 ash trees, most are already dead with a few more than 80 per cent dead. This work is part of a highway safety management project.

“The tree line is very overgrown, with oaks and beech within the group hanging low over the public footpath, and obscuring light columns causing a public rights of way risk.”