2019
Approved
Nether Close Farm Lynam Road Fritchley Belper Derbyshire DE56 2HQ
Removal of condition 1 relating to agricultural occupancy on application BER/1268/5
Beech Farm, Lynam Road, Fritchley, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2HQ Data via plota.co.uk
Pending
PDR/2026/0037
Description
Application to determine if prior approval is required to convert the agricultural building into a single 1 bedroom dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Decision outlook
Plota predicts a decision around 18 Oct 2026, from Amber Valley's recent prior approvals.
Day 21 of the 56-day target. Amber Valley usually decides prior approvals by day 30.
Day 2135 days to the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
15decided in the last year
Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Amber Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Amber Valley decision record →
Site constraints 6
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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 3; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project about 1790 m away: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 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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Historical activity at this location
4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2019
Approved
Nether Close Farm Lynam Road Fritchley Belper Derbyshire DE56 2HQ
Removal of condition 1 relating to agricultural occupancy on application BER/1268/5
2018
Approved
Nether Close Farm Lynam Road Fritchley Belper Derbyshire DE56 2HQ
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate of existing use of the property as a dwe…
2018
Approved
Nether Close Farm Lynam Road Fritchley Belper Derbyshire DE56 2HQ
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate of existing use of the property as a dwe…
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