Amber Valley planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Amber Valley Borough Council, updated daily. Amber Valley Borough Council received 218 planning applications in the last 90 days, 3 of them major schemes.
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Recent applications in Amber Valley
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Land West Of Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire
177-dwelling reserved matters scheme with conditions discharge, Alfreton. Reserved matters approval for 177 homes, including affordable, plus public open space and SuDS under outline permission granted on appeal. Groundworks, drainage and brickwork packages open first, with roofing, M&E and hard…
GroundworksDrainageStructural frame
Butchers Arms , Four Lane Ends, Oakerthorpe, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7LN
Pub conversion and three-dwelling new-build scheme, Oakerthorpe, full application. Converts the Butchers Arms and adds three detached homes at Four Lane Ends, Oakerthorpe, at full stage. Groundworks, drainage and brickwork for the new builds, plus strip-out, rewiring and joinery for the conversion…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Land At Lubrizol, Knowle Farm, Nether Lane, Hazelwood, Belper, Derbyshire
Electrical substation erection at Lubrizol industrial site, Belper. New utility infrastructure serving the existing commercial facility, at full application stage. Groundworks, civil foundations, electrical switchgear and M&E connections drive the specialist packages.
GroundworksStructural frameM&E
The Old Baptist Chapel , Lambhouse Lane, Shottle, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2DS
Chapel-to-dwelling conversion with side extension, Shottle, full application. Converts a former chapel into one home with a side extension and glazed link, plus field-edge visitor parking, at full stage. Glazing, groundworks and hard landscaping for the car park open the packages, with fit-out and…
BrickworkRoofingGlazing
Langley House , Ashbourne Road, Kirk Langley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 4NJ
Single new dwelling on garden land, Kirk Langley, Ashbourne. Erects one house within the grounds of Langley House at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and drainage packages suit local subcontractors, with plot-scale M&E to follow.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Flatmeadow Farm , Bell Lane, Shipley, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE75 7JP
Three-dwelling Class Q barn conversion, Shipley, at prior approval stage. Converts existing agricultural buildings at Flatmeadow Farm into three self-contained homes under permitted development. Insulation, M&E, glazing and drainage packages suit local subcontractors, with roof recovery likely on…
Fit-outM&EInsulation
506 Cromford Road, Langley Mill, Derbyshire, NG16 4HE
Residential dwelling converting to a care home, Langley Mill. One property reconfigured from single occupancy to residential institution at full application stage. Accessibility, fire safety, specialist bathrooms and kitchen fit-out drive the works; care-home licensing dependencies accelerate…
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Turnditch CE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ashbourne Road, Turnditch, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2LH
Listed building consent for school window works, Turnditch, Derbyshire. Replaces timber-framed windows with bespoke double-glazed units and refurbishes cast-iron frames like-for-like at Turnditch CE Primary School. Bespoke timber joinery, heritage glazing and cast-iron restoration suit joiners and…
JoineryGlazing
Turnditch CE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ashbourne Road, Turnditch, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2LH
Primary school window replacement and refurbishment, Turnditch, Derbyshire. Replaces timber-framed windows with new purpose-made double-glazed units and refurbishes cast-iron windows like-for-like, at full application stage. Timber joinery and double-glazing supply packages suit local glaziers and…
GlazingJoinery
Hardy Miles Titterton, 16 Church Street, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3BW
Single-dwelling conversion from offices, Ripley, listed building setting. Ground-floor Class B1 offices becoming one home at full application stage. Fit-out, M&E, drainage and insulation packages suit local subcontractors.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
St Elizabeth House , Matlock Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2JD
Listed-building external works scheme, Belper, retrospective and completion stage. Covers rebuilt retaining walls, a resurfaced driveway, land regrading and boundary changes at a Grade II listed house. Stonemasonry for wall rebuilds, groundworks, and hard landscaping packages suit specialist…
Structural repairGroundworksHard landscaping
Mansfield Road Heanor Post Office, 88 Mansfield Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7AQ
Post office converting to single dwelling, Heanor. Changes a ground-floor shop use to residential at full application stage. Internal partitioning, plumbing, electrical rewiring and fit-out lead the work for specialist installers.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Kings Arms, 40 The Common, Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5BH
Single detached dwelling, Crich. New-build house on an existing plot at full application stage. Groundworks, structural frame, brickwork and roofing form the core packages for general builders and material suppliers.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
T/A THE LOUNGE HAIR & BEAUTY, 165 Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 4JG
Ground-floor retail converting to a one-bedroom flat, Alfreton. Adds a residential unit to an existing town-centre premises at full application stage. Fit-out, partitioning, rewiring and new bathroom and kitchen installations drive the work.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Foreclose Farm , New Road, Heage, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2BA
Agricultural machinery and produce building prior approval, Heage, Belper. Determines whether prior approval is needed for a new general-purpose farm building at Foreclose Farm, at prior approval stage. Steel portal frame, cladding, groundworks and yard drainage are the packages for local…
GroundworksSteelCladding
Planning appeals in Amber Valley Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Amber Valley Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Amber Valley Borough Council, raw rate
28.3%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.6%
national rates applied to this caseload
0.3 percentage points below expected. Amber Valley Borough Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
265 appeals counted, 244 judged either way (69 allowed, 175 dismissed), 21 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-04.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 30.1% | 28.8% | 170 | 166 | 50 |
| Householder (HAS) | 25% | 35.6% | 34 | 32 | 8 |
| Enforcement Notice | 0% | 13.5% | 33 | 20 | 0 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 16.7% | 25% | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 85.7% | 36.9% | 7 | 7 | 6 |
7 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Called In Planning Application | Too few judged | 72.4% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | Too few judged | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tree Preservation Order | Too few judged | 20.6% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tree Replacement Notice | None judged | 31.9% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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