2025
Approved
31 Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire DE5 3RQ
Single storey front, side and rear extensions
2 Bridle Lane, Lower Hartshay, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3RQ Data via plota.co.uk
Pending
AVA/2026/0547
Description
Change of use of agricultural land to domestic garden land associated with main dwelling Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Decision outlook
Plota predicts a decision around 27 Oct 2026, from recent full applications across the UK.
Day 14 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide full applications by day 56.
Day 1442 days to the 56-day target
61%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
55,636decided in the last year
Plota live figures for full applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent full applications in Amber Valley to go on. Amber Valley decision record →
Site constraints 3
Green belt: Derby and Nottingham
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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 11 September 2026. 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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Historical activity at this location
10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
31 Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire DE5 3RQ
Single storey front, side and rear extensions
2024
Approved
Outbuildings Adjacent 22 Bridle Lane Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire
Outline application to remove outbuildings and construct a single detached dwelling
2024
Approved
Outbuildings Adjacent 22 Bridle Lane Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire
Outline application to remove outbuildings and construct a single detached dwelling
2021
Approved
Willows End 19 Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire DE5 3RQ
Proposed two storey front extension and general alterations
2021
Approved
Willows End 19 Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire DE5 3RQ
Proposed two storey front extension and general alterations
2020
Approved
Land Adj 22 Bridle Lane Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire
Detached double garage
2020
Approved
Land Adj 22 Bridle Lane Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire
Detached double garage
2018
Approved
23 Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire DE5 3RQ
Single storey extension to rear of house
2018
Approved
23 Bridle Lane Lower Hartshay Ripley Derbyshire DE5 3RQ
Single storey extension to rear of house
Amber Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#50 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use
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