Twin Oaks Hotel Church Lane Heath Chesterfield S44 6UZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00275/MOL - Major - Outline pending

Proposal

Outline planning application for mixed use development including redevelopment of existing hotel (Use Class C1) and delivery of retail (Use Class E(a)), restaurant (Use Class E(b)), EV charging stations and parking (Sui Generis), to be developed in up to three phases, with appearance and landscaping reserved (Major Development/Departure From the Development Plan/Affecting a Public Right of Way) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 22:03

Application progress

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Received

2 Apr 2026

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Validated

6 May 2026

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Consultation

28 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 30 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 12 Oct 2026; it is now day 156.

Comments are open until 12 Oct 2026

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Documents 183

Statements & assessments 28

Plans & drawings 83

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 53

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 7

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 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 Expansion Zone

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 2; National infrastructure project: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application; Local nature reserve about 412 m away: DOE LEA; Priority habitat about 48 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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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Important details

Council: North East Derbyshire
Application type: Major - Outline
Postcode: S44 6UZ
Received: 2 Apr 2026
Validated: 6 May 2026
Ward: Holmewood And Heath Ward
Parish: Heath And Holmewood Parish
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 156, past the statutory target. 68% of commercial premises in North East Derbyshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 1564 days to the predicted decision (day 160)

56%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

28decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14825355
Planning Portal ref: PP-14825355
Neighbours: 17 Jul 2026
Consultation: 28 Sept 2026
Comments by: 12 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 19 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 5 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

North East Derbyshire

Planning Authority Score

4.6/10

Below average

#168 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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