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Land off, Leek Road, Buxton, Derbyshire

HPK/2026/0115Permission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Permission in in principle refusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Permission in Principle for a residential development for up to 9 dwellings

Received
11 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land off , Leek Road , Buxton , Derbyshire ,. High Peak has handled 389 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 7 weeks quicker than High Peak's typical decision time. The site is in the Buxton Hardwick conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

91% of outline 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 proposed development by virtue of its location, land use and amount of development would be likely, in principle, to have an adverse impact on known heritage assets, including the Grade II listed Limehouse, its setting and extensive earthworks associated with the former industrial use of the site. A grant of “permission in principle” would be likely to harm the significance of the heritage assets contrary to Policies S7 and EQ7 of the High Peak Local Plan 2016 and the National Planning Policy Framework and is likely to represent an insurmountable barrier to development.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation start
18 March 2026
Consultation end
16 April 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1-4 South Park Business Court , Macclesfield , United Kingdom , SK11 8BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Buxton Hardwick
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Peak District Dales SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
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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