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Peak District National Park Authority
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Peak District National Park Authority. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates24,758Searchable applications
28Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 15,812 approved or refused records
2,506Refused applications
13,306 approved · 2,506 refused · 2,369 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas131 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas26 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1013/0881
Erection of replacement agricultural building
Lane House Farm Wincle
Received Not published - Appeal Decided: REFUSEDNP/CEC/1013/0906
Erection of dwelling with attached garage and office
Land adj. to Woodbine cottage Shrigley Road Pott Shrigley
Received Not published - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWN DECISIONNP/CEC/1013/0916
Retain consent for the construction of a single storey building containing offices, toilets store and staff canteen. Erection of single storey storage building
Brookbottom Farm Paddock Lane Kettleshulme
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1015/0959
Proposed rear ground floor extension.
Broadcarr House Kishfield Lane Kettleshulme
Received Not published - Decided: LDC REFUSEDNP/CEC/1015/0981
Lawful Developement Certificate for an Existing Use of residential accommodation (subject to an agricultural occupancy restriction) as a perminant dwelling.
Handley Clough Farm Lyme Handley
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1016/1055
Replacement of windows in kitchen with door and window. Replacement of windows in bedroom.
Tower Hill House Tower Hill Rainow
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1016/1056
Listed Building Consent - Replacement of windows in kitchen with door and window. Replacement of windows in bedroom.
Tower Hill House Tower Hill Rainow
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1016/1003
The proposal is for the siting of 2 self contained shepherds huts for tourist accommodation within the curtilage of the main farm buildings.
Whitelee Farm Barlow Hill Wincle
Received Not published - Appeal Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1016/1008
To erect a wooden feather board landscaping fence within the boundary of the property.
Turnpike House Macclesfield Road Kettleshulme
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1016/1012
Conversion of barn to ancillary dwelling. Demolition of garage and workshop. Single storey side extension. Single storey garage extension. Introduction of rooflights to annex.
Chapel House Farm Oven Lane Macclesfield Forest
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1017/1044
Listed Building consent - Replace window casements/sashes with exact match windows fitted with slimline double glazing that looks like single glazing.
Cophurst Knott Shrigley Road Pott Shrigley
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1017/1055
Listed Building consent - Repair the curtilage listed original outbuilding. Remove the non-original 'dwarf wall' surrounding the original well. Remove the non-original porch extension at the rear of the property.
1 Pott Hall Shrigley Road Pott Shrigley
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1017/1099
Listed Building consent - Partial demolition of the stone walls forming the spillway channel of the mill pond at the Timber Yard, installation of a new concrete foundation and rebuild the walls on a like for like basis. Installation of small diameter pipe (approx. 20-25mm) within the rebuilt.wall to allow ground water to pass through into the stream.
Pond 432m From 1 Chestnut Cottages Lyme Park
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1017/1026
Proposed new store
Cliff Farm Mudhurst Lane Lyme Handley
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1017/1036
Front porch
13 Paddock Lane Kettleshulme
Received Not published - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWN DECISIONNP/CEC/1018/0918
Proposed conversion of existing stables and tack room to ancillary domestic accommodation.
1 Paddockside Oakenbank Lane Rainow
Received Not published - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWN DECISIONNP/CEC/1018/0938
Alterations to existing garage, construction of car shelter to the front of the existing garage
Longdale House Rabbit Bank Wincle
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1020/0953
Removal of the existing 15m Airwave tower and replacement with a 23.5m tower upon which will be attached antennae and dishes for Airwave, the ESN (EAS) and SRN networks. At ground level, additional cabins/cabinets will be positioned within a new compound on utilizing both the tower base and a new base for the ESN (EAS) foul weather enclosure cabin, along with a standby generator. A separate VSAT dish enclosure will be established 80m to the north east of the main compound.
Blaze Farm, Airwave Site Che 005 Buxton Road Wildboarclough
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1020/0957
Proposed single storey link from rear of house to existing utility and garden room to rear.
1 Paddockside Oakenbank Lane Rainow
Received Not published - Decided: ACCEPT CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1021/1165
Erection of wooden craft/ workshop upon an existing hardstanding.
Paddock Lodge Macclesfield Road Kettleshulme
Received Not published - Decided: REFUSEDNP/CEC/1022/1284
Proposed two and single storey side extension
Nab Cottage Shrigley Road Pott Shrigley
Received Not published - Decided: REFUSEDNP/CEC/1022/1286
Replacement windows and door with hardwood windows; finished with a light stain as per recommendations by Peak Park in 1985; including the change to a central division in the window. Windows fitted between 1986/1988 (letter attached to application).
Mill House Church Lane Rainow
Received Not published - Decided: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYNP/CEC/1023/1278
Demolition of existing house and construction of new, three bedroom dwelling, including new retaining wall structure.
The Bungalow Macclesfield Road Kettleshulme
Received Not published - Decided: LDC GRANTEDNP/CEC/1024/1144
Installation of solar panels and air source heat pump.
5-6 Washpool Cottage Rainow SK10 5XG
Received Not published
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Peak District National Park Authority, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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