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78 Sycamore Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2HH

CHE/26/00292/HOUHouseholderRefused

Refused on 8 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of new boundary wall to the elevations along Elm Street and Sycamore Road and Widening of existing driveway access off Elm Street

Received
23 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Staveley South
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 72 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 78 Sycamore Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2HH. Chesterfield has handled 1,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 13 days 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 45 applications across Staveley South. 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 proposed development, due to its height, length and location, would result in a prominent, overly dominant and incongruous form of development. The proposal would therefore result in significant harm to the visual amenity, character and appearance of the area. The proposal is therefore contrary to Local Plan policy CLP20, the adopted Successful Places SPD 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 the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF, 2024) as the proposed development does not conflict with the NPPF or with 'up-to-date' policies of the Local Plan, it is 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.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
S43 2HH
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staveley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
3 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 June 2026
Last date for comments
3 June 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
12 Myrtle Grove Hollingwood Chesterfield S43 2LN GB

Planning decision

Case officer
EC
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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. 2022
    21 Sep

    Alterations to the front boundary wall and associated works

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCHE/22/00672/FUL

Source: Chesterfield

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