Planning

The Peak District National Park Authority is the statutory Planning Authority for the National Park area. Other related matters such as Building Control or Environmental Health are the responsibility of the relevant District Councils.  

The details of current and decided planning applications are available to view online at portal.peakdistrict.gov.uk.

Searches can be carried out by applicant name, site address, or by using the application reference number. Details of planning appeals since 2012 are also available via this search tool.

You can view the weekly list of planning applications received by the Authority.

Please see below how our work with groups like Platform helps to contribute to planning and development in the Peak District National Park...

Pre-application advice service

Since January 2022 our pre-application advice service has been suspended. We are not be accepting any requests for pre-application advice, other than for schemes relating to Grade 1 and Grade 2* listed buildings (but not Grade 2 buildings), for proposals that constitute Major Development, and for proposals that the Authority regards to be major e.g. by virtue of the nature and characteristics of the case and its impact on the special qualities of the National Park.

We will continue to accept simpler enquiries seeking advice as to the need for planning permission and listed building consent, which is a free service.

We appreciate this decision may cause significant inconvenience and apologise for that, however it has been made necessary due to resource issues in the Planning Service which we are currently making every effort to address.

We continue to review the suspension of our pre app service regularly. In order to enable our planning officers to continue to focus on processing applications, we will not be in a position to restart the pre-application advice service until at least Spring 2024, when a further review will take place. We understand that this will cause inconvenience to applicants and agents, and apologise again for this.

Find out more about our pre-application advice service (including request form and fee schedule).

Planning search

Here you can find the planning search tool and information on weekly lists, delegated decisions and appeals.

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Planning advice

Here you will find pre-application guidance and advice along with a full range of planning application forms.

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How to have a say

Find out how you can have your say and take an active part in decisions that affect you and your community.

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