Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Notice upheld5 August 20263373290

The Cottage, Alferton Road, The Cliff, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5EZ

Planning appeal 3373290 at The Cottage, Alferton Road, The Cliff, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5EZ (Derbyshire Dales District Council) was dismissed on 5 August 2026 by Inspector Berry A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the formation of an access onto the classified road (A615) constitutes a breach of planning control (ground c).

Authority
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Appeal type
Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Berry A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the formation of an access onto the classified road (A615) constitutes a breach of planning control (ground c)
  • Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
  • Whether the period specified for compliance (60 days) falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground g)

What decided it

The formation of an access onto the classified road A615 is not permitted development under the GPDO 2015, no planning permission was granted, and therefore a breach of planning control has occurred; the 60-day compliance period is reasonable given the time already elapsed.

The 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.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

51 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Derbyshire Dales

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed17 August 20266009542
    Redundant Barn, Kings Hill, Brassington, DE4 4NT
  2. Notice varied and upheld22 June 20263375058
    Land West of Foxholes Lane, Tansley, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5LF
  3. Notice varied and upheld17 June 20263373415
    Sunny Side The Dale, Bonsall, Matlock, DE4 2AY
  4. Notice upheld16 June 20263372863
    Land to the Northeast of Blackwall Grange, Blackwall Lane, Kirk Ireton, DE6 3LN
  5. Notice varied and upheld18 May 20263369916
    North Park Farm, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, DE4 2HJ

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.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.