High Peak

In the last 12 months, 85.2% of householder applications were approved in High Peak (135 decided). A typical householder decision takes about twelve weeks (median 85 days).

Full planning applications: 74.5% approved (51 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-05-22–2028-01-29): 87.6% of 1,135 decisions approved.

1,592Total applications
994Approved
141Refused
231Withdrawn
62Pending
87.6%Approval rate (all types)
Check a property in High Peak
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 454 399 55
87.9%
Uncategorised 215 193 22
89.8%
Full Planning Application 151 123 28
81.5%
Listed Building Consent 73 72 1
98.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 70 61 9
87.1%
Change of Use 55 46 9
83.6%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 54 47 7
87.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 31 26 5
83.9%
Advertisement Consent 22 22 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 7 2 5
28.6%
Reserved Matters 1 1 0
100.0%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 1 1 0
100.0%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 56 52
92.9%
2023-Q4 85 78
91.8%
2024-Q1 107 90
84.1%
2024-Q2 119 105
88.2%
2024-Q3 106 98
92.5%
2024-Q4 98 83
84.7%
2025-Q1 90 78
86.7%
2025-Q2 98 90
91.8%
2025-Q3 89 76
85.4%
2025-Q4 99 85
85.9%
2026-Q1 97 80
82.5%
2026-Q2 82 71
86.6%
2028-Q1 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
No ward data available
Planning guides

Not sure what you can build without planning permission? See our guides to permitted development rights and Article 4 directions.