2024
Approved
Windley Meadows Farm Wirksworth Road Duffield Belper Derbyshire DE56 4AQ
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed portal frame agricu…
Farnah House, Wirksworth Road, Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 4AQ Data via plota.co.uk
Pending
AVA/2026/0239
Description
Single storey extension to rear to form garden room. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Decision outlook
Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 161.
Day 161, past the statutory target. 94% of extensions in Amber Valley are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 15 Sept 2026.
Day 161105 days past the 56-day target
77%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
99decided in the last year
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Amber Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Amber Valley decision record →
Site constraints 3
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.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Mile Post at Os 324 443, Grade II, about 51 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £1,400,000 in February 2026. Detached house, freehold.
16 February 2026£1,400,000
28 June 1996£300,000
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Historical activity at this location
6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2024
Approved
Windley Meadows Farm Wirksworth Road Duffield Belper Derbyshire DE56 4AQ
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed portal frame agricu…
2021
Approved
Windley Meadows Farm Wirksworth Road Duffield Belper Derbyshire DE56 4AQ
Increased use of site for car boot sale purposes from 14 days per year to 28 days per year
2021
Approved
Windley Meadows Farm Wirksworth Road Duffield Belper Derbyshire DE56 4AQ
Increased use of site for car boot sale purposes from 14 days per year to 28 days per year
2018
Refused
Field Adjacent To Puss In Boots Wirksworth Road Duffield Belper Derbyshire DE56 4AQ
Erection of one single storey dwelling with garage/parking facilities. (This proposal aff…
2018
Refused
Field Adjacent To Puss In Boots Wirksworth Road Duffield Belper Derbyshire DE56 4AQ
Erection of one single storey dwelling with garage/parking facilities. (This proposal aff…
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
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.