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Gables Farm Main Road Higham Alfreton DE55 6EH

23/00539/FLHFULL HOUSEHOLDERApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 October 2023

Council decision: CONDITIONALLY APPROVEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of freestanding outbuilding in garden at rear, (Conservation area) (Affecting the setting of Listed Building).

Received
16 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Shirland Ward
Agent
Darren Mayner Architecture
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Gables Farm Main Road Higham Alfreton DE55 6EH. North East Derbyshire has handled 2,995 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 10 weeks longer than North East Derbyshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Higham Old Village conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Shirland Ward. We hold 1,632 applications in total for the DE55 postcode area.

93% of full applications at North East Derbyshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DE55 6EH
Application type
FULL HOUSEHOLDER
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shirland And Higham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2023
Consultation expiry
20 July 2023
Consultation start
20 June 2023
Consultation end
11 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 July 2023
Last date for comments
20 July 2023
Target decision date
27 July 2023
Permission expires
17 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Darren Mayner Architecture
Agent address
54 Rowthorne Avenue Swanwick Alfreton DE55 1RZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 June 2023
Advertisement expiry
20 July 2023
Site notice start
23 June 2023
Site notice end
14 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12239641
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Higham Old VillagePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cross HouseOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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Source: North East Derbyshire

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