Barn At Rough Close Farm Coldharbour Lane Ashover Chesterfield S45 0JX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00614/LDC pending

Proposal

Application for Lawful Development Certificate for existing Rough Close Farm Cottage as an independent permanent dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:23

Application progress

✓

Received

10 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 5 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 5 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 5

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.

Local nature reserve about 108 m away: Highoredish

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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; Coalfield, development low risk area.

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 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: North East Derbyshire
Postcode: S45 0JX
Received: 10 Aug 2026
Validated: 10 Aug 2026

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 28 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15144616
Planning Portal ref: PP-15144616

North East Derbyshire

Planning Authority Score

4.6/10

Below average

#168 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North East Derbyshire ranks #166 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

North East Derbyshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #89 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #133 of 296

62%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #166 of 296

44%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #181 of 296

87%

Minor dwellings approved

45 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

8 decided (10+ homes)

82%

Change of use approved

28 decided

532

Total decisions

42 refused in the year to March 2026