New housing is planned for Hazlemere, while plans for a man cave have been refused and the National Trust has been given permission to repair a historic property.

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 housing, Orchard House, Amersham Road, Hazlemere (24/07470/FUL)

Plans to build four four-bedroom and two three-bedroom homes have been submitted by Hobbs Developments Ltd.

To make room for the new houses, outbuildings will be demolished, including the summerhouse, while swimming pool will be filled in and removed.

Floorplans show the retention of Orchard House, beyond which lies the former coach and scrap yard, which is part of Bellway’s forthcoming site of 259 homes.

The applicant’s plans say the existing access onto the Orchard House site is to be closed up and replaced with additional landscaping, while a new access will be created to the west.

The Bucks councillor for Hazlemere Catherine Oliver, who also chairs the parish council, said the plans deserved further scrutiny.

She said: “Can it please come before the planning committee as it is of strategic importance in Hazlemere given its location, concerns over access and application of the Hazlemere Neighbourhood Plan.”

Man cave refused permission, 27 Green Lane, Burnham (PL/24/2771/SA)

Planners have rejected a man’s proposals for a new outbuilding containing a meditation and gym room, a bar and games room, a bathroom and a shed.

Officers refused to grant Mr Karmjit Sidhu a certificate of lawfulness for the structure at the bottom of his garden, saying it was too large, at nearly 18m long and over 6m wide.

In a decision notice, they wrote: “It is considered that a building of this scale would provide an area beyond that reasonably required for the intended uses and beyond what would be reasonably and genuinely required for the purposes of being incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse.”

Officers also cited a lack of information to show how a building of this size would be considered ‘reasonable’ for the proposed activities.

Repairs at Cliveden House and Gardens Cliveden Road, Taplow (PL/24/2450/HB)

Planners have given the National Trust permission to carry out works to fix the Long Garden boundary wall at its Grade 1 listed country mansion.

The Trust’s plans propose ‘essential and urgent repointing’ to the wall adjacent to Bourne End Road, with the existing repointing having ‘fallen out due to weathering and spray from vehicles’.

The charity’s plans read: “The wall has been undermined and damaged by weathering and by inappropriate use of cement mortar historically. It is currently leaning and is being temporarily supported by temporary propping.”