Hague Bar Works , Hague Bar , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 3AT Data via plota.co.uk

HPK/2026/0086 - Advertisement Consent Refused

Proposal

Advertisement Consent - Application to retain Stainless Steel Letters and logo - "TECTIES" to west side gable of industrial premises Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Feb 2026
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Validated
13 Apr 2026
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Committee
10 Aug 2026
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Refused
10 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 10 Aug 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by High Peak Development Control Committee on 10 Aug 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because illumination would harm the rural landscape, visual amenity and area character.
  • One resident objected to the illumination, while another considered the sign well designed and not intrusive; consultees raised no highway objection.
  • The committee refused advertisement consent as set out in the report.
Read how the committee decided The proposed sign, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, applicant’s presentation and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of High Peak's committee minutes of 10 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
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
Local nature reserve about 415 m away: Mousley Bottom; Inside the New Mills built-up area; Priority habitat about 24 m away: Lowland meadows; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 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 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
High Peak
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
SK22 3AT
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
13 Apr 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jun 2026
Decision
Advertisement Consent - Refused
Decision date
10 Aug 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 119 days from validation, 49 days slower than High Peak's median of 70 for commercial premises. Refused, as 22% of commercial premises here are.

26%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
31decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
15 Apr 2026
Comments by
19 May 2026
Committee
10 Aug 2026
High Peak
Planning Authority Score
1.2/10
Poor
#287 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

High Peak is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #284 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 73% 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
High Peak decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #207 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #204 of 296
29%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #284 of 296
73%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #291 of 296
78%
Minor dwellings approved
32 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
18 decided
364
Total decisions
55 refused in the year to March 2026