2025
Approved
T1 Ash - Dismantle fell due to contact with adjacent building plus signs of Ash die back…
Town Head Farm, The Green, Idridgehay, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2SJ Data via plota.co.uk
Pending
AVA/2026/0443
Description
Erection of one self-build dwelling with accommodation within the roof space, associated access, parking and landscaping. (may affect the character of the conservation area) Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Decision outlook
Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 88.
Day 88, past the statutory target. 82% of full applications in Amber Valley are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 12 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.
Day 8832 days past the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
93,033decided in the last year
Plota live figures for full applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent full applications in Amber Valley to go on. Amber Valley decision record →
Site constraints 3
Idridgehay conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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) agrees.
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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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Historical activity at this location
8 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
Approved
T1 Ash - Dismantle fell due to contact with adjacent building plus signs of Ash die back…
2025
Approved
T1 Maple - Dismantle fell due to proximity to garage preventing refurbishment and new roo…
2025
Approved
T1 Maple - Dismantle fell due to proximity to garage preventing refurbishment and new roo…
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2017
Approved
Land On North Side Of Cliffash Lane Idridgehay Belper Derbyshire
Erection of a detached dwelling (This is a departure from the Adopted Development Plan 20…
2017
Approved
Land On North Side Of Cliffash Lane Idridgehay Belper Derbyshire
Erection of a detached dwelling (This is a departure from the Adopted Development Plan 20…
2017
Approved
Meadowcroft The Green Idridgehay Belper Derbyshire DE56 2SJ
Fell ash and Leylandii trees, coppice hazel and reduce Leylandii hedge.
2017
Approved
Meadowcroft The Green Idridgehay Belper Derbyshire DE56 2SJ
Fell ash and Leylandii trees, coppice hazel and reduce Leylandii hedge.
Amber Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#50 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
Amber Valley is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #74 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Amber Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #6 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #9 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #74 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #157 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
77 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
48 decided
657
Total decisions
26 refused in the year to March 2026