34 Houldsworth Drive Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0BS

CHE/26/00204/FULFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 5 August 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from residential to a mixed residential/commercial use, for the use of the existing garage as a dog grooming salon with external alterations to this garage

Received: 26 March 2026
Council: Chesterfield Borough Council
Ward: Spire

ReceivedReceived26 Mar
ValidatedValidated2 Apr
Consult.Consultation15 May
TargetTarget Date14 May
DecidedDecided5 Aug

Decided in 125 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 34 Houldsworth Drive Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0BS. Chesterfield has handled 1,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 10 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 156 applications across Spire. We hold 1,231 applications in total for the S41 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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Application details

Postcode: S41 0BS
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 April 2026
Consultation end: 15 May 2026
Target decision date: 14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: CW
Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 12

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.

Source: Chesterfield

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