Planning decision codes and abbreviations
Depending on the decision you receive, you will see different decision codes and abbreviations.
You may also see other abbreviations against planning applications and decisions.
If you're unsure what they mean you can email [email protected].
| Code | What this means | What this means |
| HHA, HPDA, HS2APP, LBC1, OPP1, BEDA, PIPA (Aylesbury Vale)UP, CC, CP, IPA, PAG, AD, CA (Chiltern & South Bucks)PER (Wycombe) | Application permitted | Planning permission has been granted (as set out in the application) |
| HHR, HS2REF, LBC2, OPP2, BEDR, PIPR (Aylesbury Vale)RP, RC, PAR (Chiltern & South Bucks)REF (Wycombe) | Application refused | Planning permission has been refused |
| PEOBL (Wycombe) | Permission with planning obligation | Planning permission has been granted subject to a section 106 legal agreement |
| ATP3 (Aylesbury Vale)RX (Chiltern & South Bucks)SPLIT, SPTPCZ, SPCTRE (Wycombe) | Split decision (part content, part refused) | Applies to applications with different elements, permission may be granted for some elements of the application but not others |
| ACL1, ACL2 (Aylesbury Vale)GRU (Chiltern & South Bucks)GRCLE (Wycombe) | Grant certificate of lawful use | Certificate of lawful use is issued, meaning your development is lawful |
| ACL5, ACL6 (Aylesbury Vale)R35 (Chiltern & South Bucks)RECLE (Wycombe) | Refuse certificate of lawful use | Certificate of lawful use is not issued, meaning your development is not lawful |
| ACL3, ACL4 (Aylesbury Vale)A53 (Chiltern & South Bucks)GRCLP (Wycombe) | Grant certificate of proposed use | Certificate of proposed use is issued, meaning your development proposal is considered lawful |
| ACL7, ACL8 (Aylesbury Vale)R35 (Chiltern & South Bucks)RECLP (Wycombe) | Refuse certificate of proposed use | Certificate of proposed use is not issued, meaning your development proposal is not considered lawful |
| PPNR (Aylesbury Vale)CN, PN, PAN (Chiltern & South Bucks)NRQD (Wycombe) | Permission not required | Permission is not required for this type of development |
| DSUB (Wycombe) | Details to be submitted | Your application cannot be fully determined until relevant details have been submitted. These details will be set out in your decision notice, and can be submitted to the council in a cover letter. Ensure you include your original plan reference number |
| DNSUB (Wycombe) | Details not required to be submitted | Details not required to be submitted for approval |
| DOP1 (Aylesbury Vale)DAPP (Wycombe) | Details approved | Approval of details submitted as part of your application |
| DOP2 (Aylesbury Vale)RA (Chiltern & South Bucks)DREF (Wycombe) | Detailed refused | Refusal of details submitted as part of your application |
| AHR2 (Aylesbury Vale)NI (Chiltern & South Bucks)MKHED (Wycombe) | To issue a hedge retention notice | A hedge retention notice means you must retain the hedges by the terms set out in the decision notice |
| AHR1 (Aylesbury Vale)NN (Chiltern & South Bucks)NMHED (Wycombe) | Not to issue a hedge retention notice | A hedge retention notice will not be issued and you can proceed with the works set out in your application |
| ATC3, TPO (Aylesbury Vale)MKO (Wycombe) | Make a tree preservation order (TPO) | A TPO will be issued, any restrictions to works on these trees will be set out in the order |
| NT (Chiltern & South Bucks)NMKO (Wycombe) | Not to make a tree preservation order (TPO) | A TPO will not be issued, you can proceed with the works set out in your application |
| OBJ (Chiltern & South Bucks, Wycombe) | Objection | Objection to consultation |
| NOOBJ (Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern & South Bucks)NOBJ (Wycombe) | No objection | No objection to consultation |