Draycott House, Nottingham Road, Draycott, Derbyshire, DE72 3PD Data via plota.co.uk

0126/0018 - Lawful development Approved

Proposal

Certificate Of Lawful Development For An Existing Use For General Events Including But Not Limited To Weddings, Parties And Conferences Including Retention Of Marquee. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Jan 2026
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Approved
16 Jan 2026

Approved on 16 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Derby and Nottingham
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) 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.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Cottage at Draycott House, Grade II, about 33 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 71 m away: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £920,000 in October 2018. Other property, freehold.

12 October 2018£920,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Erewash
Application type
Lawful development
Postcode
DE72 3PD
Received
13 Jan 2026
Validated
13 Jan 2026
Ward
Draycott (Historical)
Target decision
10 Mar 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
16 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Erewash
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#48 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Erewash ranks #161 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Erewash decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #54 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #31 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #161 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #44 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
53 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
17 decided
390
Total decisions
27 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.