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Moor Edge, New Mills Road, Birch Vale, Derbyshire, SK22 1BX

HPK/2026/0127Certificate of Lawfulness - ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 9 July 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness - Not Lawful (Refused)Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing C3 residential status for the building known as Moor Edge Bungalow as a single dwellinghouse within Use Class C3

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 108 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Moor Edge , New Mills Road , Birch Vale , Derbyshire , SK22 1BX. High Peak has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 3 weeks longer than High Peak's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 175 applications in total for the SK22 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. The applicant has failed to demonstrate, on the balance of probabilities, that there was ever independent use of the building as edged red on the Site Location Plan at the address shown in the First Schedule as a dwelling and even if there was such use historically it is considered that the use was abandoned many years ago. Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing C3 residential status for the building known as Moor Edge Bungalow as a single dwellinghouse within Use Class C3 Moor Edge New Mills Road Birch Vale Derbyshire SK22 1BX X

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SK22 1BX
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation start
25 March 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026
Target decision date
18 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

Source: High Peak

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