2025
Approved
Dinnington Cottage Dinnington Lane Moorwood Moor Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 7NW
Conversion of existing outbuilding to provide semi-dependant relative accommodation and h…
Martin House Farm, Pit Lane, Moorwood Moor, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7NW Data via plota.co.uk
Approved
AVA/2026/0071
Description
Single storey extension to front of property to replace porch and conservatory. Data via plota.co.uk
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How this decision compares
Decided in 36 days from validation, 9 days faster than Amber Valley's median of 45 for extensions. Approved, as 100% of extensions here are.
This one36d
Council45d
UK55d
77%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
99decided in the last year
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Amber Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Amber Valley decision record →
Site constraints 4
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.
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 listed building at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. 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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Historical activity at this location
8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
2025
Approved
Dinnington Cottage Dinnington Lane Moorwood Moor Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 7NW
Conversion of existing outbuilding to provide semi-dependant relative accommodation and h…
2019
Approved
Dinnington Cottage Dinnington Lane Moorwood Moor Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 7NW
Extension and alterations to Dinnington Cottage. Demolition of outbuilding.
2019
Approved
Dinnington Cottage Dinnington Lane Moorwood Moor Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 7NW
Extension and alterations to Dinnington Cottage. Demolition of outbuilding.
2019
Approved
Thanet House Pit Lane Moorwood Moor Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 7NW
Single storey rear extension, alterations to windows and balcony and single storey outbui…
2019
Approved
Thanet House Pit Lane Moorwood Moor Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 7NW
Single storey rear extension, alterations to windows and balcony and single storey outbui…
2018
Approved
Thanet House Pit Lane Moorwood Moor Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 7NW
Ground mounted domestic solar panel installation, in field adjacent property. 21no panels…
2018
Approved
Thanet House Pit Lane Moorwood Moor Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 7NW
Ground mounted domestic solar panel installation, in field adjacent property. 21no panels…
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.
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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
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