Hull End Farm , Beet Lane , New Smithy , Chinley , Derbyshire , SK23 6AP Data via plota.co.uk

HPK/2025/0440 - Full - MINOR Refused
AgriculturalChange of use

Proposal

Retrospective application for Change of use of approximately 899 Square Metres of adjacent agricultural land to the East to the domestic garden with temporary caravan sited in the garden for additional family living. and change of use of existing garden; as an area of 438 Square Metres approxiately of garden within the existing boundary of Hull End Farm to agricultural land to the south of the farmhouse Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
5 May 2026
✗
Refused
8 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 8 Jul 2026 · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Peak District National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
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 2; Green belt about 12 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Flood defence about 44 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood).
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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 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
Full - MINOR
Postcode
SK23 6AP
Received
7 Nov 2025
Validated
5 May 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Jun 2026
Decision
Planning Permission - Refused
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 23 days faster than High Peak's median of 87 for full applications. Refused, as 24% of full applications here are.

21%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
103decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 May 2026
Comments by
18 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Withdrawn
Hull Farm , Beet Lane , New Smithy , Chinley , Derbyshire , SK23 6AP
Existing agricultural grass land to have change of use to a secure dog exercise field, wi…
HPK/2025/0155
2025 Withdrawn
Hull Farm , Beet Lane , New Smithy , Chinley , Derbyshire , SK23 6AP
Existing agricultural grass land to have change of use to a secure dog exercise field, wi…
HPK/2025/0155
2017 Refused
Hull Farm, Beet Lane, New Smithy, Chinley, Derbyshire, SK23 6AP
Proposed open plan agricultural building to house livestock
HPK/2017/0205
2017 Refused
Hull Farm, Beet Lane, New Smithy, Chinley, Derbyshire, SK23 6AP
Proposed open plan agricultural building to house livestock
HPK/2017/0205
High Peak
Planning Authority Score
1.2/10
Poor
#287 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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