Chinley House Farm , Dolly Lane , Buxworth , Derbyshire , SK23 7NP Data via plota.co.uk

HPK/2026/0361 Application Invalid
AgriculturalChange of useDemolitionSolar & renewablesUtility infrastructure

Proposal

The demolition and partial demolition of agricultural buildings and the change of use of the retained part from agriculture to the siting of a battery storage facility and an electricity sub station. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 21 Nov 2026 and 16 Dec 2026, from High Peak's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 6 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 9

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Cotebank, Grade II, about 7 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
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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Public footpath about 14 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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 5. 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; National park about 454 m away: Peak District; National infrastructure project about 1191 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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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Other new applications on this street

30 Jun 2026Pending

Higher Green Meadow , Dolly Lane , Buxworth , Derbyshire , SK23 7QJ

Roofing over feed yard as an extension of existing agricultural buildings

HPK/2026/0264

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Important details

Council
High Peak
Postcode
SK23 7NP
Received
11 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Gary Hoerty Associates

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. High Peak usually decides full applications by day 85.

Day 2857 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
6 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved
Construction of a ramp and metal gate through an existing dry stone wall giving access to…
HPK/2020/0127
2020 Approved
Construction of a ramp and metal gate through an existing dry stone wall giving access to…
HPK/2020/0127
2020
Certificate of lawfullness for the proposed Construction of a new stile in the form of a…
HPK/2020/0022
2020
Certificate of lawfullness for the proposed Construction of a new stile in the form of a…
HPK/2020/0022
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Cote Bank Farm , Chinley , Derbyshire , SK23 7NP
Erection of a wind turbine
HPK/2024/0100
2024 Approved
Cote Bank Farm , Chinley , Derbyshire , SK23 7NP
Erection of a wind turbine
HPK/2024/0100
2024 Approved
Chinley House Farm, Dolly Lane, Buxworth, Derbyshire, SK23 7NP
Application to determine if prior approval is required for - The proposal is to re-clad t…
DET/2024/0031
2024 Approved
Chinley House Farm, Dolly Lane, Buxworth, Derbyshire, SK23 7NP
Application to determine if prior approval is required for - The proposal is to re-clad t…
DET/2024/0031
2023 Approved
LAND AT CHINLEY HOUSE FARM , Dolly Lane , Buxworth , Derbyshire ,
The demolition and partial demolition of agricultural buildings and the change of use of…
HPK/2023/0407
2023 Approved
LAND AT CHINLEY HOUSE FARM , Dolly Lane , Buxworth , Derbyshire ,
The demolition and partial demolition of agricultural buildings and the change of use of…
HPK/2023/0407
2018 Approved
Land Associated with Chinley House Farm , Dolly Lane , Buxworth , Derbyshire , SK23 7NP
Agricultural building for storage of machinery.
DET/2018/0008
2018 Approved
Land Associated with Chinley House Farm , Dolly Lane , Buxworth , Derbyshire , SK23 7NP
Agricultural building for storage of machinery.
DET/2018/0008
2016 Refused
Cote Bank Farm, Chinley, Derbyshire, SK23 7NP
Proposed menage measuring 60m x 30m for exercising horses
HPK/2016/0365
2016 Refused
Cote Bank Farm, Chinley, Derbyshire, SK23 7NP
Proposed menage measuring 60m x 30m for exercising horses
HPK/2016/0365
High Peak
Planning Authority Score
1.2/10
Poor
#287 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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