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121A Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EF

CHE/25/00806/HOUHouseholderRefused

Refused on 12 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

New 1.8m high wooden fence to front and side

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Whittington
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 65 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 121A Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EF. Chesterfield has handled 1,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 10 weeks longer than Chesterfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Whittington. We hold 1,226 applications in total for the S43 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Chesterfield Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The loss of the frontage hedge and erection of the proposed boundary treatment would result in a prominent and incongruous form of development that would be harmfully at odds with the character and appearance of the area and street scene. The proposal does not accord with the aims of Policy CLP20 of the Chesterfield Borough Local Plan, the Council's Supplementary Planning Document 'Successful Places' and Part 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Statement of Positive and Pro-active Working with Applicant In accordance with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2015 and paragraph 39 of the 2024 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) as the proposed development does conflict with the NPPF and with 'up-to-date' policies of the Local Plan, it is not considered to be 'sustainable development' to which the presumption in favour of the development applies. The Local Planning Authority considered the merits of the submitted application and judged that there was no prospect of resolving the fundamental planning problems with it through negotiation.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
S43 2EF
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2026
Last date for comments
11 February 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chesterfield

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