High Wycombe News
The latest High Wycombe news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
Top story
Wycombe A&E Review Backs 10pm Urgent Care, Not a Full A&E
A council review of emergency care wants Wycombe's urgent treatment centre open until 10pm in a pilot. None of its 11 recommendations asks for a full A&E.
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Planning
High Wycombe Conservation Area to Grow, Taking In Temple End
Cabinet decides on 10 November whether Temple End, Gordon Road, more of London Road and the cemetery join High Wycombe's conservation area. Nothing is removed.
Transport
HS2 Road Safety Money Pays for Holmer Green Village Gateway
Work has started on 18 HS2-funded road safety schemes in Bucks, including Holmer Green, South Heath, The Lee and Great Missenden. Most finish by spring 2027.
Planning
Wooburn Green Conservation Area Could Take In Holtspur Lane
Buckinghamshire Council wants to add 14 Holtspur Lane homes and a Wycombe Lane property to Wooburn Green's conservation area. Comments close on 29 November.
Charity
Household Cavalry Horse Ormonde Retires: New Life at Speen
Ormonde, famed for nibbling tourists at Horse Guards, has retired aged 18 to The Horse Trust at Speen. Photos of him settling in. Updated November 2026.
What's On
Pub in the Park Marlow 2027: Olly Murs and Kaiser Chiefs
Olly Murs, Kaiser Chiefs and Scouting For Girls headline Pub in the Park in Higginson Park, Marlow, 14 to 16 May 2027. Adult tickets run from £30 to £55.
Charity
Horse Trust at Speen Turns 140: Army Horses Now Rest There
Household Cavalry and King's Troop horses now take rest breaks in the fields of The Horse Trust at Speen. The Princess Royal marked the charity's 140th year.
Thames Path
Temple Footbridge, Marlow: £10m to Replace, No Funding
A new Temple Footbridge near Marlow would cost about £10m and has no funder, so a Thames Path route over Hurley Weir is favoured. Feedback closes 30 October.
Planning
Marlow A404 Footbridge: Step-Free Bridge Backed for Studios
Councillors backed a step-free walking and cycling bridge over the A404 at The Chase, Marlow. Marlow Studios cannot start work until it has permission.
Schools
Bucks Schools in Deficit: 45 Council Schools, 1 in 3
45 of Buckinghamshire's 137 council-run schools expect a deficit this year, up from 30 two years ago. Their reserves are forecast to fall from £15.4m to £6.2m.
Fire
High Wycombe Flat Fire: Man Dies in Hughenden Boulevard
A man died in a fire in a first-floor flat on Hughenden Boulevard, High Wycombe, early on Sunday 25 October. Eight fire crews attended; a file goes to the coroner.
Planning
Walters Ash Shop and Flats Backed, Wooburn Homes Item Pulled
Councillors backed a shop with four flats at 280 Main Road, Walters Ash, on 28 October, closing at 10pm, not 11pm. The Wooburn Green six-homes item was withdrawn.
Business
Rebellion Brewery Marlow Goes Employee Owned: Crowdfund 2027
Rebellion at Marlow Bottom passed to an Employee Ownership Trust on 14 October after 33 years, and plans a spring 2027 crowdfund for new tanks and solar panels.
Planning
Wooburn Green Conservation Area: 3 Changes, Say by 29 Nov
Holtspur Lane houses and a Wycombe Lane property would join Wooburn Green's conservation area, first drawn in 1971. Comments close on 29 November.
Parking
High Wycombe Permit Parking: £73 a Year, Say by 23 October
Six High Wycombe streets, from Coningsby Road to Pimms Grove, could get 24-hour permit parking at £73 for a first car. Residents have until 23 October to say.
Schools
Bucks SEND Plan Approved: £41m Grant, 7.8% of Plans on Time
Government approval of Buckinghamshire's SEND plan should clear about £41m of a £45.5m deficit. In 2025 it issued 7.8% of new EHC plans within 20 weeks.
Business
High Wycombe Business Awards: Tabletop Republic Tops Vote
Tabletop Republic won the most public votes at the first HWBIDCo Business Awards. Bun Squad, Elane Asian Market, Elwoods, Patch and Shopmobility also won.
Planning
Princes Risborough Market House Clock Tower Repairs Approved
Repairs to stop rain getting into the Market House clock tower in Princes Risborough were approved on 6 October: new lead flashing and replacement oak.
Schools
Prestwood Junior Ofsted: Expected in Five of Six Areas
Prestwood Junior School met Ofsted's expected standard in five of six areas after a July inspection; attendance needs attention, behaviour does not.
Schools
Wooburn Green Primary Named a Bucks Enhancement School
Wooburn Green Primary is now an Enhancement school in Buckinghamshire's Side by Side scheme, two steps up from Intervention, and will help other schools.
Music
High Wycombe Cleaner Now Tours With the Pussycat Dolls
Tyrece Lewis of High Wycombe went from cleaning to touring with the Pussycat Dolls after Nicole Scherzinger found her trio Deja Vu online. Now the UK leg.
Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers Training Ground: Comment by 1 November
Wanderers want a training ground at Farnham Royal: 9 pitches, an indoor pitch and golf cut to 12 holes. Comment by 1 November; target decision January.
Buses
High Wycombe Bus Changes: Pick Me Up Ends 2 November
Pick Me Up ends on 2 November and route 27 goes on 18 October. The 34 is extended, a new 35 serves Abbey Barn Park and the 38 runs hourly. Times inside.
Food hygiene
High Wycombe Food Hygiene: 13 of Bucks' 31 Worst Ratings
Thirteen High Wycombe food businesses are rated 0 or 1, out of 31 in Buckinghamshire. But 23 of 24 local September inspections earned the top score of 5.
Schools
Booker Hill School Appeal: £1,000 Target Before 23 Nov Visit
Booker Hill School's crowdfunder has £25 of its £1,000 target, ahead of a 23 November visit from basketball player Pierre Henry-Fontaine. Costs come first.
Planning
Kingshill Road Traveller Site Refused, Longwick 40 Homes Too
Councillors refused four Traveller pitches at Ladys Mile, Kingshill Road, against officer advice on 23 September, plus 40 homes at Longwick. Walters Ash passed.
Marlow
Marlow Studios Names Sir John Armitt Chair, Max James CEO
The former London 2012 Olympic delivery chair and the developer behind Wembley Park will lead the £1bn Little Marlow film studios into its next phase.
High Wycombe
High Wycombe Fire Station: £8m Overhaul, Not a Rebuild
The Fire Authority voted £8m to refurbish the 1966 station, not replace it: a new station in Flood Zone 3 might never get planning permission.
Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough Relief Road: Developers, Not the Council
Buckinghamshire Council gave up building it in November 2025 after spending £5.5m of a £12m grant. Its draft Local Plan now makes 2,895 new homes deliver it.
Planning
Wycombe Green Belt Traveller Sites: One Refused, One Passed
Councillors refused four Traveller pitches at Ladys Mile, Kingshill Road, against officer advice on 23 September, and approved two at Walters Ash.
Planning
Longwick 40 Homes Refused Despite Officers Saying Yes
Councillors voted on 23 September to refuse up to 40 homes on Thame Road, Longwick, against officers' advice. Nineteen would have been affordable homes.
Health
Wycombe Hospital's Extra £25m: What It Buys and What Waits
The Government has added £25m to Wycombe Hospital's new six-storey building. Endoscopy moves in first; the full exit from the tower block still needs more money.
Jobs
High Wycombe Claimant Count Flat as Aylesbury's Rises
Buckinghamshire's claimant count rose 240 in August, the biggest July to August jump in five years. High Wycombe's eight town wards added just 35 of them.
Planning
Wycombe Air Park Data Centre Backed 8-0, Not Yet Granted
Councillors backed six data halls at Booker by eight votes to nil on 2 September. No permission has been issued and the minutes are still unpublished.
Council
High Wycombe Town Budget: £154,525 Over, All Cemeteries
High Wycombe's own £418,987 budget is forecast £154,525 over, and all of it is cemeteries: burial chambers delayed, and the cemetery lodge still empty.
High Wycombe
Easton Street Car Park Demolition Starts, Path Closed
Mechanical demolition of the High Wycombe multi-storey began on 7 September. A section of Birdcage Walk is shut, and the site is allocated for 160 homes.
High Wycombe
Bucks Archives Move to High Wycombe: Aylesbury Shuts 1 Oct
The county archive shuts to visitors in Aylesbury on 1 October and reopens above the Denmark Street Tesco in spring 2027. Deposits are already suspended.
Planning
High Wycombe: 8 Gordon Road Flats Refused Over Flooding
Eight flats next to 86 Gordon Road were refused on 26 August. Four reasons: surface water flooding, the Princes Gate junction and daylight loss at No 86.
Parking
Marlow and Wycombe Parking Plans: Object by 25 September
Marlow's town centre loading bans would apply at any time and Quoiting Square loses its permit bays. Objections close 25 September, calming 14 October.
Business
Clip 'n Climb Shuts at Eden After Under Two Years
The Eden climbing centre has closed and its company went into liquidation on 20 August. It employed an average of 31 people and opened in November 2024.
Planning
High Wycombe Homeless Hostel: 16 Beds, Decision Tonight
Officers recommend approving a 16-bed hostel at 8-9 Easton Street. The Union Baptist Church next door supports it but wants staffing levels set.
Planning
Glory Park Wooburn Green: 24-Hour Car Centre Backed
Officers recommend approving Citygate's vehicle centre on the last empty part of the old Glory Mill site. Five objections; transporters banned 9pm to 6am.
Jobs
High Wycombe Claimant Count: Castlefield Highest in Bucks
Castlefield and Oakridge has the highest claimant rate of all 49 Buckinghamshire wards at 7.3%. Eight of the county's 11 highest are High Wycombe wards.
Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers Farnham Park: Council Rejects Petition
Buckinghamshire Council will not restart the Farnham Park lease, it said on 19 August. A day earlier it set the environmental terms for the club's plans.
Schools
High Wycombe A level results 2026: Great Marlow best ever
Great Marlow School says 44% of A level grades were A* to B and 73% A* to C, both records; Wycombe High reports every Oxbridge offer met. Remark deadlines here.
Planning
Mayhew Crescent plan: six homes, comments close 25 August
Three pairs of semis are proposed behind 83 to 93 Mayhew Crescent, with No 91 demolished for access. Neighbours have until 25 August to comment.