Tunstead Quarry , WATERSWALLOWS LANE , BUXTON , DERBYSHIRE , SK17 8TG Data via plota.co.uk

CON/2026/0078 Invalid application
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Decision notice received - EIA Screening - Erection of an SRF storage facility and associated ancillary development Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 6 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 16 Nov 2026, from High Peak's recent commercial premises.

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Peak District Dales SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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) agrees.
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.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application; Priority habitat 45 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Postcode
SK17 8TG
Received
11 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 80 of the 56-day target. High Peak usually decides commercial premises by day 81.

Day 801 days to the predicted decision (day 81)
24%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
38decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Tunstead Quarry , Unnamed Road From Junction Upper End To Tunstead Road , Tunstead , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
EIA Screening Request - Erection of an office and engineering building (involving the rem…
CON/2025/0046
2025
Tunstead Quarry , Unnamed Road From Junction Upper End To Tunstead Road , Tunstead , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
EIA Screening Request - Erection of an office and engineering building (involving the rem…
CON/2025/0046
2025 Withdrawn
Middle Cowlow Farm , Hardybarn Lane , Green Fairfield , Buxton , Derbyshire ,
Consultation from DBCP for Part Demolition of Farmhouse
CON/2025/0045
2025 Withdrawn
Middle Cowlow Farm , Hardybarn Lane , Green Fairfield , Buxton , Derbyshire ,
Consultation from DBCP for Part Demolition of Farmhouse
CON/2025/0045
2024
Tunstead Quarry , Tunstead , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
Erection of two storage tents
CON/2024/0018
2024 Withdrawn
STREET RECORD , ALTAR WAY , BUXTON , HIGH PEAK ,
*************** logged in error
DOC/2024/0132
2024
Tunstead Quarry , Tunstead , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
Erection of two storage tents
CON/2024/0018
2024 Withdrawn
STREET RECORD , ALTAR WAY , BUXTON , HIGH PEAK ,
*************** logged in error
DOC/2024/0132
2022 Approved
Tunstead Quarry, Unnamed Road From Junction Upper End To Tunstead Road, Tunstead, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8TG
Extension to the Existing Stocking Area and Erection of Three Lighting Units at the Cemen…
CM1/1222/32
2023 Approved
Tunstead Quarry , Unnamed Road From Junction Upper End To Tunstead Road , Tunstead , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
Consultation received from Derbyshire County Council re CM1/1222/32 Extension to the Exis…
CON/2023/0002
2023 Approved
Tunstead Quarry , Unnamed Road From Junction Upper End To Tunstead Road , Tunstead , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
Consultation received from Derbyshire County Council re CM1/1222/32 Extension to the Exis…
CON/2023/0002
2022
Tunstead Quarry , Waterswallows , Wormhill , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
Submission of quarry development plan.
CON/2022/0021
2022
Tunstead Quarry , Waterswallows , Wormhill , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
Submission of quarry development plan.
CON/2022/0021
2021 Approved
Tunstead Quarry, Waterswallows, Wormhill, Buxton, SK17 8TG
Erection and Operation of a Filter Fines Feed System Comprising Three Silos and Ancillary…
CM1/0621/12
2020
Tunstead Quarry , Waterswallows , Wormhill , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
Proposed continued operation of the existing cement bagging plant and associated infrastr…
CON/2020/0014
2020
Tunstead Quarry , Waterswallows , Wormhill , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 8TG
Proposed continued operation of the existing cement bagging plant and associated infrastr…
CON/2020/0014
2019 Approved
Tunstead Quarry, Waterswallows Road, Buxton,SK17 8TG
Erection and operation of a safety training centre, cement tanker parking area and associ…
CM1/1019/53
2017
Tarmac, Tunstead Quarry, Unnamed Road From Junction Upper End To Tunstead Road, Tunstead, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8TG
Tunstead Quarry SM3059-SM3060 Conditions 9, 62 & 51 of planning permissions R1/0913/27 &…
CON/2017/0020
2017
Tarmac, Tunstead Quarry, Unnamed Road From Junction Upper End To Tunstead Road, Tunstead, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8TG
Tunstead Quarry SM3059-SM3060 Conditions 9, 62 & 51 of planning permissions R1/0913/27 &…
CON/2017/0020
2024 Approved
Tunstead Quarry, Waterswallows Road, Tunstead, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8TG
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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Discharge of condition 28 in regard to planning permission R1/1197/11 (Old Moor Quarry)…
CON/2023/0018
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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