Clover Meadow Farm Freebirch Eastmoor Chesterfield S42 7DQ Data via plota.co.uk

25/01002/FLH pending

Proposal

Demolition of existing workshop and construction of a 3 bay garage for machinery and private vehicles with domestic accommodation and basement storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 21 Oct 2026, 10:25

Application progress

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Received

5 Dec 2025

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Validated

23 Jan 2026

✓

Consultation

27 Jan 2026

Decision

Target date was 20 Mar 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 278.

The consultation period closed on 24 Feb 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

National park about 198 m away: Peak District; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: North East Derbyshire
Postcode: S42 7DQ
Received: 5 Dec 2025
Validated: 23 Jan 2026
Target decision: 20 Mar 2026

Decision outlook

Day 278, past the statutory target. 82% of demolitions in North East Derbyshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 21 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 278222 days past the 56-day target

54%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

39decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by North East Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North East Derbyshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 27 Jan 2026
Consultation: 27 Jan 2026
Comments by: 24 Feb 2026
Site or press notice: 3 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 20 Mar 2026

North East Derbyshire

Planning Authority Score

4.6/10

Below average

#168 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North East Derbyshire ranks #166 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

North East Derbyshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #89 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #133 of 296

62%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #166 of 296

44%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #181 of 296

87%

Minor dwellings approved

45 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

8 decided (10+ homes)

82%

Change of use approved

28 decided

532

Total decisions

42 refused in the year to March 2026