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Cromford Hill Barn Land South Of 205 The Hill Cromford Derbyshire

25/00807/PDAAgricultural Building(s) to Dwelling(s)Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 24 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Class Q Prior Approval Application - Change of use from agricultural to dwelling (use class C3)

Received
19 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cromford And Matlock Bath
Agent
Paul Gaughan Building Consultants Limited
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Cromford Hill Barn Land South Of 205 The Hill Cromford Derbyshire. Derbyshire Dales has handled 141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Derbyshire Dales's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Cromford And Matlock Bath.

93% of all applications at Derbyshire Dales District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Agricultural Building(s) to Dwelling(s)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cromford
District
H3630

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2025
Consultation expiry
18 September 2025
Consultation start
19 August 2025
Consultation end
9 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
9 September 2025
Target decision date
14 October 2025
Permission expires
24 October 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Gaughan Building Consultants Limited
Architect profile
PAUL GAUGHAN BUILDING CONSULTANTS LIMITED
Agent address
Unit E14 Langham Park Ind Est, Lows Lane Stanton By Dale Ilkeston DE7 4RJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 August 2025
Site notice end
18 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14245251
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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

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© 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.

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

Source: Derbyshire Dales

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