2 Crown Square Matlock Derbyshire DE4 3AT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00142/FUL - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Alterations to shopfront entrance (part-retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
12 Feb 2026
✓
Consultation
19 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
9 Apr 2026
✗
Appeal dismissed
8 Jul 2026

Refused on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Jul 2026

Licence at this address

  • Licence Bridge News & Coffee Shop Premises licence · in force since 26 Mar 2025 Licensed hours: alcohol until 20:00
    Food hygiene rating: 2 (Improvement necessary)Inspected 23 Jun 2026

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 10

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Matlock Bridge 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 ↗
Scheduled monument about 41 m away: Matlock Bridge
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Local nature reserve about 384 m away: Matlock Parks; Flood defence about 25 m from the postcode pin (wall); Inside the Matlock 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
Not green belt

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 1

Last sold for £86,000 in November 2007. Flat or maisonette, leasehold.

8 November 2007£86,000

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

Building

Floor area114 m² (1,227 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (asset rating 97)
UseA1/A2 Retail and Financial/Professional services
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2020, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
DE4 3AT
Received
12 Feb 2026
Validated
12 Feb 2026
Ward
Matlock West
Parish
Matlock Town
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Apr 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
9 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Dismissed · 8 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6009157 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Manning Holden Architects Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 21% of commercial premises here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
40decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14689667
Planning Portal ref
PP-14689667
Neighbours
19 Feb 2026
Consultation
19 Feb 2026
Comments by
19 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
26 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Apr 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.