Four homes at care site at The Brooklands Coombs Road Bakewell
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Peak District Planning Committee on 13 Jun 2025.
The site and its heritage
The site contains a former care home, associated buildings, gardens and several Grade II listed structures on sloping land near Bakewell.
“The Brooklands lies off Coombs Road, a short distance to the east of Bakewell town centre. The site occupies a prominent location on sloping land overlooking Bakewell Showground and Agriculture Business Centre. The Monsal Trail is to the east of the site. The site comprises Brooklands, its associated access, landscaped gardens, outbuildings and former walled kitchen garden.”
“The Brooklands is a Grade II listed building and was formerly a dwelling house which was last in use as a care home with 19 bedrooms. It was run as a Christian Residential Home for the elderly. The site contains three separate grade II listed buildings. These comprise:”
Officer report
Earlier applications
Earlier permissions included conversions and care-home development, while a 2022 five-home redevelopment was refused for heritage, landscape and drainage reasons.
“2005: Application REFUSED for planning permission for conversion of residential home to five apartments and the erection of a 40-bed care home, assisted living accommodation amenity block and access and associated application for listed building consent.”
“2022: Planning permission and listed building consent REFUSED for the redevelopment of the former Brooklands Christian Care Home site on Coombs Road, and the creation of 5 dwelling houses on the site; two by conversion of existing buildings, and three by new build.”
Officer report
The committee vote
A motion to approve was moved, seconded and carried, with architectural recording and monitoring added to condition three.
“Item 7 was presented and discussed at the same time as Item 6, but the votes were taken separately. Please see full minute details 61/25 above.”
“A motion to approve the application, with the following conditions including an amendment to condition 3 to include Architectural recording and monitoring was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried.”
Minutes
The decision
The application was approved subject to six conditions covering timing, plans, recording, building works, repair details and ecological measures.
“That the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:”
“1) 3-year time limit 2) In accordance with amended plans and details 3) Scheme of archaeological and architectural recording and monitoring 4) Conversion of buildings only with no demolition other than shown on plans 5) Design and repair details, to include amongst other things window retention, works to floors, and roof alterations 6) Recommendations of the ecological assessment to be implemented.”
Minutes
Sources
- Peak District Planning Committee minutes, 13 June 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Peak District's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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