Planning application
Royal Mail Buxton Delivery Office , Palace Road , Buxton , Derbyshire , SK17 6AB
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of out building creating additional parking on the wider site
As published by the council, reference HPK/2026/0256
Application record
- Reference
- HPK/2026/0256
- Type
- Full - MINOR
- Status
- Consultations/Re-consultations issued
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 3 Aug 2026
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SK17 6AB
Comment by 24 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to High Peak through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jun 2026
Received by High Peak
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Aug 2026
Status changed to Consultations/Re-consultations issued
Previously Invalid application.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
High Peak took a median of 91 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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