Woolley Moor Nurseries Ashover New Road Woolley Moor Alfreton DE55 6FF Data via plota.co.uk

26/00699/FL - FULL APPLICATION Pending
Change of useListed buildingsUtility infrastructureCommercial premises

Proposal

Retrospective application for the Change of Use of part of an existing plant nursery to incorporate a cafe (Affecting setting of a Listed Building)(Affecting public right of way)(package treatment plant) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Sept 2026
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Validated
25 Sept 2026
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Consultation
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 19 Nov 2026 and 14 Dec 2026, from North East Derbyshire's recent commercial premises.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Documents

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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 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 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project about 757 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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Important details

Council
North East Derbyshire
Application type
FULL APPLICATION
Postcode
DE55 6FF
Received
18 Sept 2026
Validated
25 Sept 2026
Ward
Pilsley And Morton Ward
Parish
Stretton Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
MJB Technical Services Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. North East Derbyshire usually decides commercial premises by day 56.

Day 1442 days to the 56-day target
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-15114816
Planning Portal ref
PP-15114816
Neighbours
25 Sept 2026
Consultation
25 Sept 2026
Comments by
5 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
2 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2022 Approved
The Hollies Ashover New Road Woolley Moor Alfreton DE55 6FF
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22/01140/TPO
2021 Approved
3 Badger Lane Woolley Moor Alfreton DE55 6FG
Application for proposed single storey front extension and alterations to existing front…
21/00488/FLH
2021 Approved
3 Badger Lane Woolley Moor Alfreton DE55 6FG
Application for proposed single storey front extension and alterations to existing front…
21/00488/FLH
2019 Approved
15 Badger Lane Woolley Moor Alfreton DE55 6FG
Application for front and side extensions
19/00026/FLH
2019 Approved
15 Badger Lane Woolley Moor Alfreton DE55 6FG
Application for front and side extensions
19/00026/FLH
2017 Approved
St Winnows Ashover New Road Woolley Moor Alfreton DE55 6FF
Application to move existing access, including provision of a new land drainage network a…
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2017 Approved
St Winnows Ashover New Road Woolley Moor Alfreton DE55 6FF
Application to move existing access, including provision of a new land drainage network a…
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North East Derbyshire
Planning Authority Score
4.6/10
Below average
#168 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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%).

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings