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
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.
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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: Officers Say Approve
Six Gypsy and Traveller pitches at Kingshill Road and Walters Ash go to committee on 23 September. Officers back both, against a 671-name petition.
Planning
Longwick 40 Homes: MP and Parish Object, Officers Say Yes
Up to 40 homes on Thame Road go to committee on 23 September. Officers back them, 48% affordable, despite objections from the MP, councillors and the parish.
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 No permission has been issued and the minutes are still unpublished.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.