Meadow Farm Handley Lane Handley Clay Cross Chesterfield S45 9AT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00668/FL - FULL APPLICATION pending

Proposal

Erection of Equestrian building and associated yard (Affecting public right of way) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Nov 2026, 09:03

Application progress

✓

Received

28 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

11 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 4 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 22 Oct 2026; it is now day 75.

The consultation period closed on 22 Oct 2026.

Documents 7

Site constraints 6

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.

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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.

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; National infrastructure project about 22 m away: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 29 m away: Lowland meadows.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 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

Council: North East Derbyshire
Application type: FULL APPLICATION
Postcode: S45 9AT
Received: 28 Aug 2026
Validated: 28 Aug 2026
Ward: Pilsley And Morton Ward
Parish: Stretton Parish
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 4 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Bamford Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 75, past the statutory target. 72% of agricultural works in North East Derbyshire are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 27 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 10 Nov 2026.

predicted

Day 7519 days past the 56-day target

62%decided within 8 weeks

62%approved

37decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by North East Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North East Derbyshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 10 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15189724
Planning Portal ref: PP-15189724
Neighbours: 11 Sept 2026
Consultation: 11 Sept 2026
Comments by: 22 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 18 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved

Elm Tree Handley Lane Handley Clay Cross Chesterfield S45 9AT

Proposed erection of a multi-purpose utility building.

24/00455/FL 11 Sep 2024

2024 Approved

Elm Tree Handley Lane Handley Clay Cross Chesterfield S45 9AT

Proposed erection of a multi-purpose utility building.

24/00455/FL 11 Sep 2024

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