Former St Marys Mission Church Ripley Road Sawmills Belper Derbyshire

AVA/2021/0028Approved

Approved on 22 April 2021

Council decision: PERDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Planning application for permission for a change of use and extension of a former mission church, to convert into 2 apartments for domestic use

Received: 7 January 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Amber Valley Borough Council
Ward: Heage & Ambergate

ReceivedReceived7 Jan
ValidatedValidated12 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Apr
DecidedDecided22 Apr

Decided in 100 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Former St Marys Mission Church Ripley Road Sawmills Belper Derbyshire. Amber Valley has handled 5,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than Amber Valley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Heage & Ambergate.

Application details

Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 January 2021
Target decision date: 23 April 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 101 days

Additional information

UPRN: 010094137589
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2023
26 May
Change of use from church to office including extensions and alterations
ApprovedApplicationAVA/2023/0423

Source: Amber Valley

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