HIGHWOOD BARN , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG Data via plota.co.uk

Awaiting Validation HPK/2026/0396
Change of useNew homes
Council
High Peak 1.2/10
Date received
6 Oct 2026
Postcode
SK22 4QG

Description

Retrospective Barn Conversion Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 16 Dec 2026 and 10 Jan 2027, from High Peak's recent full applications.

Day 3 of the 56-day target. High Peak usually decides full applications by day 85.

Day 382 days to the predicted decision (day 85)
24%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
44decided 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 →

Site constraints 5

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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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; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £420,000 in July 2024. Other property, freehold.

5 July 2024£420,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Windbury Farm , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG
Certificate of Lawfullness for the propsed development of Rear extension and dormer roof…
HPK/2024/0248
2024 Approved
Windbury Farm , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG
Certificate of Lawfullness for the propsed development of Rear extension and dormer roof…
HPK/2024/0248
2023 Approved
Highwood Farm , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from…
DET/2023/0002
2023 Approved
Highwood Farm , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from…
DET/2023/0002
2022 Approved
Highwood Farm , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG
Change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling under class Q of the general permitt…
DET/2022/0014
2022 Approved
Highwood Farm , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG
Change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling under class Q of the general permitt…
DET/2022/0014
2022 Approved
Highwood Farm , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG
Change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling under class Q of the general permitt…
HPK/2022/0367
2022 Approved
Highwood Farm , Mellor Road , New Mills , Derbyshire , SK22 4QG
Change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling under class Q of the general permitt…
HPK/2022/0367
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
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.