Land at former , Buxton Sewage Works , ASHWOOD DALE , BUXTON , DERBYSHIRE , SK17 9TA Data via plota.co.uk

HPK/2026/0243 - Full Planning - Small-scale MAJOR apps Consultations/Re-consultations issued
Change of useCommercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Retrospective Planning Application for the Continued Use of Land for Low-Intensity Storage Purposes, Including the Retention of Storage Containers, Retention of a Temporary Storage Structure Formed Over Existing Containers, and Associated Operational Development Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jun 2026
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Validated
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 27 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 5 Nov 2026 and 3 Dec 2026, from High Peak's recent commercial premises.

The consultation period closed on 15 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 14

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Scheduled monument about 15 m away: Cowdale Quarry limestone extraction and processing site 540m north east of Staden Manor
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 ↗
Special area of conservation about 285 m away: Peak District Dales
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 15 m away: Cowdale quarry, limestone extraction and processing site; SSSI about 285 m away: The Wye Valley SSSI; Nature recovery project: Wye Valley; Flood defence about 7 m from the postcode pin (engineered high ground); National park about 319 m away: Peak District; Priority habitat about 14 m away: Deciduous woodland; National infrastructure project about 1624 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 5, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 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
Full Planning - Small-scale MAJOR apps
Postcode
SK17 9TA
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
J C Harrison Planning Services

Decision outlook

Day 63 of the 56-day target. High Peak usually decides commercial premises by day 81.

Day 6318 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Comments by
15 Oct 2026
Committee
2 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Devonshire Mill , Bakewell Road , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 9TA
Discharge of condition 4 in relation to HPK/2021/0377
DOC/2025/0064
2025 Approved
Devonshire Mill , Bakewell Road , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 9TA
Discharge of condition 4 in relation to HPK/2021/0377
DOC/2025/0064
2021 Approved
Devonshire Arms Hotel, Bakewell Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9TA
Change of use of public house/hotel to office accommodation.
HPK/2021/0377
2021 Approved
Devonshire Arms Hotel, Bakewell Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9TA
Change of use of public house/hotel to office accommodation.
HPK/2021/0377
High Peak
Planning Authority Score
1.2/10
Poor
#287 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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