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Coldsprings Surface Reservoir, Manchester Road, Buxton, Derbyshire

HPK/2025/0279Full - MINORApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Delegated DecisionDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed creation of shared use footpath through existing farmland and Severn Trent water reservoir to create a link between the adopted footway on the west side of Manchester Road and Old Road (North of Buxton)

Received
18 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 204 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Coldsprings Surface Reservoir , Manchester Road , Buxton , Derbyshire ,. High Peak has handled 2,064 applications of this type. This one was decided in 209 days, 18 weeks longer 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.

95% of full 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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Application details

Postcode
SK17 7AR
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2025
Consultation expiry
9 December 2025
Consultation start
24 July 2025
Consultation end
9 December 2025
Target decision date
17 September 2025
Permission expires
11 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Darley Dale Depot , Darley Dale , Matlock , Derbyshire , DE4 2EQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Stuart Talbot
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
42

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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