High Ash Barn , Sandy Lane , Chisworth , Derbyshire , SK13 5RZ Data via plota.co.uk

DET/2026/0001 - Agricultural/Forestry Determination Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for an agricultural building Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
28 Jan 2026
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Approved
6 May 2026

Approved on 6 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 7

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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. Nearest recorded adit: about 19 m from the postcode pin (reference 399392-001).
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.
Public footpath about 23 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Sandy Lane Farmhouse, Grade II, about 35 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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
High Peak
Application type
Agricultural/Forestry Determination
Postcode
SK13 5RZ
Received
28 Jan 2026
Validated
28 Jan 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Feb 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
6 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Alderley Architecture Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 98 days from validation, 56 days slower than High Peak's median of 42 for prior approvals. Approved, as 65% of prior approvals here are.

88%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
28decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 Feb 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
14 High Ash House , Sandy Lane , Chisworth , Derbyshire , SK13 5RZ
Creation of menage for personal use
HPK/2023/0267
2023 Approved
14 High Ash House , Sandy Lane , Chisworth , Derbyshire , SK13 5RZ
Creation of menage for personal use
HPK/2023/0267
2023 Approved
LAND OFF , Marple Road , Chisworth , Derbyshire ,
Retention of Access and Track
HPK/2023/0418
2023 Approved
LAND OFF , Marple Road , Chisworth , Derbyshire ,
Retention of Access and Track
HPK/2023/0418
2021 Approved
High Ash House , Sandy Lane , Chisworth , Derbyshire , SK13 5RZ
Retrospective application for a new safer access on to the A626 and a new track comprisin…
HPK/2021/0552
2021 Approved
High Ash House , Sandy Lane , Chisworth , Derbyshire , SK13 5RZ
Retrospective application for a new safer access on to the A626 and a new track comprisin…
HPK/2021/0552
2017 Withdrawn
14 High Ash House, Sandy Lane, Chisworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5RZ
Single storey rear extension
HPK/2017/0662
2017 Withdrawn
14 High Ash House, Sandy Lane, Chisworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5RZ
Single storey rear extension
HPK/2017/0662
2017 Approved
High Lea, Sandy Lane, Chisworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5RZ
Non material amendment relating to application HPK/2016/0700
NMA/2017/0029
2017 Approved
High Lea, Sandy Lane, Chisworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5RZ
Non material amendment relating to application HPK/2016/0700
NMA/2017/0029
2016 Approved
High Lea, Sandy Lane, Chisworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5RZ
Proposed wood store with doors
HPK/2016/0700
2016 Approved
High Lea, Sandy Lane, Chisworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5RZ
Proposed wood store with doors
HPK/2016/0700
High Peak
Planning Authority Score
1.2/10
Poor
#287 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings