Middleton Top Visitors Centre And Cycle Hire Car Park Middleton Top Middleton By Wirksworth Derbyshire DE4 4LS Data via plota.co.uk

26/00252/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Installation of interpretation structure Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Mar 2026
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Consultation
11 Mar 2026
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Approved
18 May 2026

Approved on 18 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Mile Stone 25 Yards to West of Cross Roads, Grade II, about 27 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
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.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Middleton-by-Wirksworth 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.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 364 m away: Colehill Quarries SSSI; Inside the Middleton (Derbyshire Dales) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
DE4 4LS
Received
9 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Ward
Wirksworth
Parish
Middleton By Wirksworth
Case officer
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Target decision
4 May 2026
Decision
Granted with Conditions
Decision date
18 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 14 days slower than Derbyshire Dales's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
178decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Derbyshire Dales in the last twelve months, from validation. Derbyshire Dales decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14561147
Planning Portal ref
PP-14561147
Consultation
11 Mar 2026
Comments by
9 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
19 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
4 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Derbyshire Dales
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#110 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Derbyshire Dales ranks #121 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
Derbyshire Dales decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #129 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #127 of 296
70%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #121 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #127 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
85 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
4 decided
486
Total decisions
52 refused in the year to March 2026