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Lydgate Farm, Eccles Road, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire, SK23 9RS

HPK/2026/0055Listed Building Consent - AlterationRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 7 April 2026

Council decision: Listed Building Consent - Refused1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Listed building consent for addition of photovoltaic solar panels on the rear (south) facing roof slopes and air source heat pump at the rear of the house.

Received
5 February 2026
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Lydgate Farm , Eccles Road , Chapel-En-Le-Frith , Derbyshire , SK23 9RS. High Peak has handled 127 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 3 weeks quicker than High Peak's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,456 applications in total for the SK23 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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. The development would cause less than substantial harm to the significance of Lydgate Farm as a designated heritage asset, and would also amount to harm to the special architectural and historic interest of the property as a Grade II Listed Building. The very limited public benefits associated with the development are not considered to outweigh the harm deriving from the proposal. The proposed development therefore conflicts with Policies S 1 and EQ7 of the High Peak Borough Council Local Plan (2016), and Part 16 (Conserving and Enhancing the Historic Environment) of the National Planning Policy framework (December 2024), which requires great weight to be given to the conservation of designated heritage assets.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SK23 9RS
Application type
Listed Building Consent - Alteration
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
24A , Disley , Cheshire , SK12 2AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    5 Feb

    Addition of photovoltaic solar panels on the rear (south) facing roof slopes and air source heat pump at the…

    RefusedHouseholderFiled alongsideHPK/2026/0054
  2. 2026
    5 Feb

    Listed building consent for addition of photovoltaic solar panels on the rear (south) facing roof slopes and…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consentHPK/2026/0055

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