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Buxton Store and Office Building, Otters Ole, Market Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6JY

DET/2026/0012Notification - Change of Use Prior ApprovalRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused2 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 14 Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Received
1 June 2026
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 59 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Buxton Store and Office Building , Otters Ole , Market Street , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 6JY. High Peak has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 4 weeks quicker than High Peak's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 715 applications in total for the SK17 postcode area.

94% of amendment applications at High Peak Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 12 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. It has not been evidenced that there will not be any contamination risk in relation to the building, to the detriment of future occupiers. The development would therefore be contrary to condition MA.2.(2)(b) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The proposal would fail to provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the development, to the detriment of future occupiers. The development would therefore be contrary to condition MA.2.(2)(f) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SK17 6JY
Application type
Notification - Change of Use Prior Approval
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2026
Consultation expiry
24 June 2026
Consultation start
3 June 2026
Consultation end
24 June 2026
Target decision date
27 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
28 , Lichfield , WS13 V7DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Buxton Central
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Peak District Dales SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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: High Peak

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