Land At Chestnut Farm, Potters Lane, Moorwood Moor, Alfreton, Derbyshire Data via plota.co.uk

Pending AVA/2026/0488

Council

Amber Valley 7.3/10

Date received

27 Jul 2026

Date validated

27 Jul 2026

Postcode

DE72 3XE

Description

Outline application for a proposed self build dwelling, with all matters reserved except for means of access (may affect the setting of a listed building) Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:23

Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 74.

Day 74, past the statutory target. 81% of listed building works in Amber Valley are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 26 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.

predicted

Day 7418 days past the 56-day target

53%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

17,557decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent listed building works in Amber Valley to go on. Amber Valley decision record →

Site constraints 5

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.

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 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project about 1499 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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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. 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