®Planning appeal decision
78 Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK23 7JE
Planning appeal 3289970 at 78 Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK23 7JE (High Peak Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 July 2022 by Inspector Caine M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Whaley Bridge Conservation Area.
‘Proposed conversion of stone outbuilding into single bedroom accommodation with associated internal works using existing footprint’
- Authority
- High Peak Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Caine M
- Postcode
- SK23 7JE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Whaley Bridge Conservation Area
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to privacy and the amount of private outdoor amenity space, and whether satisfactory living conditions would be provided for future occupiers of the proposed development, with particular regard to internal room sizes
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate safeguarding of protected species
What decided it
The proposal would cause material harm to the conservation area's character and appearance through its scale and density, combined with unacceptable impacts on neighbouring privacy and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers, with no public benefits to justify the heritage harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S1Policy EQ6Policy EQ7Policy H3Policy H1Policy CF6Policy EQ5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 111
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in High Peak
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Allowed12 May 20266004024154 Manchester Road, Chapel En Le Frith, Derbyshire, SK23 9TP
- Dismissed6 May 20266006557Elvista, 12 Jones Street, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1BZ
- Allowed12 February 2026600109266 Chunal Lane, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6JX
- Dismissed10 February 20266001354Land East of Linglongs Road, Whaley Bridge, SK23 7DU
- Allowed11 April 20253356089111 Manchester Road, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, High Peak, SK23 9TN
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.