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Planning

The High Peak has some of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain - the spectacular gritstone Dark Peak, limestone White Peak and surrounding wild heather moorlands. Our market towns and villages have a rich heritage, including the elegant spa town of Buxton and the mill towns of Glossop and New Mills.

High Peak Borough Council is responsible for balancing the need to promote housing and employment locally, while protecting the natural and built environment of our area for future generations. We promote good leisure and shopping facilities within our towns. Vital to our well-being are the plans to revitalise our market towns, including:

• Chapel-en-le-Frith,
• Glossop,
• New Mills, and
• Whaley Bridge,

where the Borough Council is actively working with local groups to support local services.

Planning Charter

• Please view our Customer Charter here (125KB)

The Handy Guide to Planning

The Urban Forum has produced this useful guide to help explain the planning system in England. This gives an overview of planning, with clearly written explanations of all the terms currently used. You can download the Handy Guide to Planning here (769KB) , or visit the Urban Forum website (external website**) for more information and publications about planning in England.

The Planning and Development Services of the Council

Building Control

• The Building Control service aims to ensure health and safety standards apply to building work, energy conservation provisions are attained and premises are fully accessible for use, through compliance with the Building Act 1984 and the associated Building Regulations.

Conservation

• Conservation is the Council's responsibility. This involves protecting buildings of special historical or architectural importance, and protecting and enhancing Conservation Areas, which are older areas with a special character.

Development Control

• The Development Control service is responsible for planning applications, complaints and enforcement, tree applications, planning appeals. Planning permission can be required for most building works and the use of land. Applications are assessed against Government Planning Guidance and policies in the High Peak Local Plan and Local Development Framework.

Planning Applications

• Planning Applications
• Changes to the Planning Application process from April 2008
• Planning Applications will only be considered if submitted using the new 1-APP forms here.

Planning Appeals

• Planning Appeals

Planning Policy

We formulate the planning policy to guide and encourage future development, with information on:

• Adopted Local Plan,
• Local Development Framework, and
• Planning for sustainable development,
• National and Regional Planning Policy Guidance.

Design Guidance

• Design Guidance

Flood Risk and Contaminated Land

• Developing contaminated land
• Developing in Flood Risk areas (External website**)
• Guidance on completing a Flood Risk Assessment

Local Land Searches

• Local Land Searches

 

 

**Please note: High Peak Borough Council is not responsible for the content of any external websites.