Lydgate Farm , ECCLES ROAD , CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH , DERBYSHIRE , SK23 9RS Data via plota.co.uk

HPK/2026/0413 - Listed Building Consent - Alteration Invalid application

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for - Addition of freestanding array of photovoltaic solar panels to the western side of the house and two small roof-mounted arrays on the rear facing roof slopes of the single-storey side element of the house, with air source heat pump at the rear of the house. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
22 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Dec 2026 and 2 Jan 2027, from High Peak's recent listed building works.

Site constraints 5

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; National infrastructure project about 563 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application; Inside the Chapel-en-le-Frith built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 23 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 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
High Peak
Application type
Listed Building Consent - Alteration
Postcode
SK23 9RS
Received
22 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Garner Town Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. High Peak usually decides listed building works by day 63.

Day 855 days to the predicted decision (day 63)
41%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
34decided in the last year

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

High Peak
Planning Authority Score
1.2/10
Poor
#287 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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