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46, High Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6HB

HPK/2026/0072Certificate of Lawfulness - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness - Lawful (Approved)Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the existing retail part of the Property which consists of the ground floor of 46 High Street

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 57 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 46 , High Street , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 6HB. High Peak has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 3 weeks quicker than High Peak's typical decision time. The site is in the Buxton Central conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. 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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Application details

Postcode
SK17 6HB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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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