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Whaley Bridge Uniting Church, Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, SK23 7HT

HPK/2026/0274Full - MINORApproved
Full

Approved on 9 October 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Alteration and improvement of car park at the rear of the church to provide 13 car parking bays including one disabled bay with associated works.

Received
13 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 80 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Whaley Bridge Uniting Church , Buxton Road , Whaley Bridge , Derbyshire , SK23 7HT. High Peak has handled 2,064 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 4 days longer than High Peak's typical decision time. The site is in the Whaley Bridge conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,456 applications in total for the SK23 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
SK23 7HT
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026
Consultation expiry
7 September 2026
Consultation start
27 July 2026
Consultation end
15 September 2026
Target decision date
15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Neptune Square , Brighton , BN2 0AT

Planning decision

Case officer
Declan Cleary
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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Whaley Bridge
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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