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AVA/2026/0553 Pending Consideration
Schools, care & communityNew homes

Proposal

Reserved Matters application (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to Outline Planning Permission ref. , granted on appeal (ref. APP/), for the erection of up to 177 dwellings, including affordable housing, together with public open space, childrens play facilities, landscaping, sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), internal access roads, parking, and associated infrastructure and works. The application also includes discharge of conditions 4 (land levels), 6 (Scheme of Intrusive Investigations), 7 (no build zones), 14 (Bins and Waste Collection arrangements), 20 (Environmental Management Plan) and 21 (Arboricultural Plan). (May affect Public Rights of Way and setting of the Listed Building and Conservation Area) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
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Validated
21 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 24 Dec 2026 and 27 Jan 2027, from Amber Valley's recent new homes.

Documents

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Associated applications 2

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    • Reserved mattersReserved Matters application (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale), granted on appeal…This applicationAVA/2026/0553

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project 701 m away: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. 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
Amber Valley
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
21 Oct 2026
Ward
Alfreton
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Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 91-day target. Amber Valley usually decides new homes by day 76.

Day 2170 days to the 91-day target
36%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
48decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Amber Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Amber Valley decision record →

Amber Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#50 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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. View full council performance
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings