Land at Horwich Farm , Eccles Road , Whaley Bridge , Derbyshire , Data via plota.co.uk

HPK/2026/0220 - Full - MINOR Approved

Proposal

Change of use of land for the installation of 1no. luxury camping pod Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

4 Jun 2026

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Approved

16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Last checked 16 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment. Nearest recorded mine shaft: about 26 m from the postcode pin (reference 402380-002).

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

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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

Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project about 407 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application.

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 Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, 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: High Peak
Application type: Full - MINOR
Postcode: SK23 7EW
Received: 4 Jun 2026
Validated: 4 Jun 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Jul 2026
Decision: Planning Permission - Approved
Decision date: 16 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Slaterwilde Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 104 days from validation, 23 days slower than High Peak's median of 81 for commercial premises. Approved, as 82% of commercial premises here are.

This one104d

Council81d

UK56d

24%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

38decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by High Peak in the last twelve months, from validation. High Peak decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 9 Jun 2026
Comments by: 23 Jul 2026

High Peak

Planning Authority Score

1.2/10

Poor

#287 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

High Peak is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #284 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 73% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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

High Peak decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

85%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #207 of 296

89%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #204 of 296

29%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #284 of 296

73%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #291 of 296

78%

Minor dwellings approved

32 decided (1-9 homes)

80%

Major dwellings approved

5 decided (10+ homes)

89%

Change of use approved

18 decided

364

Total decisions

55 refused in the year to March 2026