2025
Refused
Certificate of lawful development for proposed use of gym /store as domestic annex with h…
Pritchel House, Ashbourne Road, Cowers Lane, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2LF Data via plota.co.uk
Approved
AVA/2026/0108
Description
Use of existing outbuilding as ancillary annexe to Pritchel House Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
How this decision compares
Decided in 78 days from validation, 33 days slower than Amber Valley's median of 45 for extensions. Approved, as 100% of extensions here are.
This one78d
Council45d
UK55d
77%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
99decided in the last year
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Amber Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Amber Valley decision record →
Site constraints 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3.
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 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 £300,000 in September 2023. Detached house, freehold.
11 September 2023£300,000
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
20 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
Refused
Certificate of lawful development for proposed use of gym /store as domestic annex with h…
2023
Refused
Change of use of land to extend the residential curtilage and retention of kennel
2023
Refused
Change of use of land to extend the residential curtilage and retention of kennel
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2023
Approved
Frankerbrook Lodge 90 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Proposed alterations to main dwelling to include an oak canopy to front door, block up ex…
2023
Approved
Frankerbrook Lodge 90 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Proposed alterations to main dwelling to include an oak canopy to front door, block up ex…
2022
Approved
Brook Cottage 101 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LG
Two storey side extension
2022
Approved
Brook Cottage 101 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LG
Two storey side extension
2019
Approved
Land At Frankerbrook Lodge Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire
Proposed new dwelling, detached garage with vehicular access
2019
Approved
Land At Frankerbrook Lodge Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire
Proposed new dwelling, detached garage with vehicular access
2019
Approved
Frankerbrook Garage 92 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Three detached dwellings to replace the existing garage and workshop (This is a departure…
2019
Approved
Frankerbrook Garage 92 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Three detached dwellings to replace the existing garage and workshop (This is a departure…
2019
Approved
Frankerbrook Lodge 90 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Proposed new dwelling, detached garage with vehicular access
2019
Approved
Frankerbrook Lodge 90 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Proposed new dwelling, detached garage with vehicular access
2018
Withdrawn
Elfin Lodge 108 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Construction of detached single dwelling
2018
Withdrawn
Elfin Lodge 108 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Construction of detached single dwelling
2016
Approved
Frankerbrook Lodge 90 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Construction of two detached dwellings on garden land. (This proposal is not in accordanc…
2016
Approved
Frankerbrook Lodge 90 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Construction of two detached dwellings on garden land. (This proposal is not in accordanc…
2016
Approved
Tamarind 97 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Extensions to both sides of property, porch to front and addition of pitched roofs to dor…
2016
Approved
Tamarind 97 Ashbourne Road Cowers Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 2LF
Extensions to both sides of property, porch to front and addition of pitched roofs to dor…
Amber Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#50 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
Amber Valley is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #74 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Amber Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #6 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #9 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #74 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #157 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
77 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
48 decided
657
Total decisions
26 refused in the year to March 2026
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use