Land Rear of 145 , High Hill Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , Data via plota.co.uk

HPK/2026/0239 - Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Approved

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Construction of 2 dwellings pursuant to planning permission - Lawful start to approved developement has been made - garage has been demolished (17.4.26) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
17 Jun 2026
Approved
13 Aug 2026

Approved on 13 Aug 2026 · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 2

Also on the record
Inside the New Mills built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
Postcode
SK22 4HQ
Received
17 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Aug 2026
Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness - Lawful (Approved)
Decision date
13 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Phi Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, 5 days faster than High Peak's median of 62 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 86% of lawful development certificates here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
22decided in the last year

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

High Peak
Planning Authority Score
1.2/10
Poor
#287 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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