Heanor Town Sports Ground, Mayfield Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7EN Data via plota.co.uk

AVA/2024/0880 Approved

Proposal

Replacement of grass stadium pitch with 3G AGP stadium pitch including retaining structures, fencing, floodlights, storage container and new car park with street lights. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Dec 2024
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Validated
7 Jan 2025
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Approved
9 Sept 2025

Approved on 9 Sept 2025 · Last checked 9 Nov 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Amber Valley Planning Committee on 8 Sept 2025.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application sought to replace a grass stadium pitch with a 3G artificial pitch, with retaining structures, fencing, floodlights, a storage container and a new car park.
  • An arboricultural report was added to protect two trees, and corrections were made to the lighting columns and a condition wording in the officer's report.
  • The committee's vote to approve the application, with the amended conditions, was carried.
Read how the committee decided What was proposed, the corrections made at the meeting, and the committee's decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Amber Valley's committee minutes of 8 Sept 2025.

Site constraints 4

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.
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.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Heanor built-up area; National infrastructure project 1435 m away: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 8 November 2026. 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

Postcode
DE75 7EN
Received
23 Dec 2024
Validated
7 Jan 2025
Ward
Heanor West & Loscoe
Case officer
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Decision date
9 Sept 2025
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 245 days from validation, 188 days slower than Amber Valley's median of 57 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

49%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
155,128decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent full applications in Amber Valley to go on. Amber Valley decision record →

Amber Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#50 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Amber Valley is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #74 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Amber Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #6 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #9 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #74 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #157 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
77 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
48 decided
657
Total decisions
26 refused in the year to March 2026