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St John's Farm Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY

CHE/25/00904/FULRefused

Refused on 2 April 2026

2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of stables to dwelling, external alterations, raising of ridge height and associated works

Received
10 December 2025
Ward
Staveley North
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 108 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at St John's Farm Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY. Chesterfield has handled 3,915 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 6 weeks longer than Chesterfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Staveley North. We hold 1,226 applications in total for the S43 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The works have eroded the functional appearance and rural character of the barn, through the loss of the existing roof form and original openings, resulting in a prominent and incongruous form of development that is harmfully at odds with and detracts from the character and appearance of the building and area. Therefore, the proposal does not accord with the requirements of Local Plan policy CLP20 and Part 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. Due to the absence of a Preliminary Bat Roost Assessment, insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the development would not have an adverse impact upon protected species or their habitats. As such, the proposal is contrary to Local Plan policy CLP16 and Part 15 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 conflicts with the NPPF or 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, despite opportunities being offered to resolve the outstanding design and ecology concerns.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
S43 3BY
Parish
Staveley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
DERBYSHIRE BUILDING DESIGN LTD

Planning decision

Case officer
AH

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Jul

    Change of use of barn to a dwelling with external alterations

    ApprovedApplicationCHE/26/00403/FUL

Source: Chesterfield

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