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CHE/25/00507/CLOPUD - Cert Lawfulness Proposed Use Refused

Proposal

Single storey infill extension between office/factory building and factory building with external alterations to these buildings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
8 Jul 2025
✓
Validated
4 Aug 2025
✗
Refused
8 Sept 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 8 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Officer Report · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORM Application Form · 8 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence 18 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 50 year flood); Inside the Chesterfield built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 2 November 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.

Building

Floor area791 m² (8,514 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 63)
UseGeneral Industrial and Special Industrial Groups
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Chesterfield
Application type
Cert Lawfulness Proposed Use
Postcode
S41 8NH
Received
8 Jul 2025
Validated
4 Aug 2025
Ward
Whittington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Sept 2025
Decision
refused
Decision date
8 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
JVN Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 6 days faster than Chesterfield's median of 41 for lawful development certificates. Refused, as 11% of lawful development certificates here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
28decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
29 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 3 (Construction method statement) of application CHE/20/00270/FUL…
CHE/24/00120/DOC
2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 3 (Construction method statement) of application CHE/20/00270/FUL…
CHE/24/00120/DOC
2024 Approved
Non material amendment to CHE/20/00270/FUL (Stand alone storage unit)- To reduce roof hei…
CHE/24/00231/NMA
2024 Approved
Non material amendment to CHE/20/00270/FUL (Stand alone storage unit)- To reduce roof hei…
CHE/24/00231/NMA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
Zachrome Works Sheffield Road Sheepbridge S41 8NH
Stand alone storage unit extension (revised plans received 29.08.2020 showing amended loc…
CHE/20/00270/FUL
2020 Approved
Zachrome Works Sheffield Road Sheepbridge S41 8NH
Stand alone storage unit extension (revised plans received 29.08.2020 showing amended loc…
CHE/20/00270/FUL
2018 Approved
Unit 9 Brimington Road North Industrial Park Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 8NQ
Material amendments to the layout and position of the MOT bay on application CHE/16/00732…
CHE/18/00017/MA
2018 Approved
Unit 9 Brimington Road North Industrial Park Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 8NQ
Material amendments to the layout and position of the MOT bay on application CHE/16/00732…
CHE/18/00017/MA
2017 Approved
R Health Care Sheffield Road Sheepbridge S41 8NJ
Discharge of condition 3 of CHE/16/00732/FUL
CHE/17/00244/DOC
2017 Approved
R Health Care Sheffield Road Sheepbridge S41 8NJ
Discharge of condition 3 of CHE/16/00732/FUL
CHE/17/00244/DOC
2016 Approved
R Health Care Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 8NJ
Change of use and conversion of premises to create new car showrooms and workshop
CHE/16/00732/FUL
2016 Approved
R Health Care Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 8NJ
Change of use and conversion of premises to create new car showrooms and workshop
CHE/16/00732/FUL
Chesterfield
Planning Authority Score
1.9/10
Poor
#275 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Chesterfield is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #267 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 56% 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
Chesterfield decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #126 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #201 of 296
40%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #267 of 296
56%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #253 of 296
96%
Minor dwellings approved
25 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
28 decided
345
Total decisions
39 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.