Planning
South Derbyshire District Council is currently preparing the new Local Plan Part One for submission by 12th March 2025. This will replace the current Local Plan adopted in 2016. Given this deadline Development Management Planning Officers are assisting colleagues within the Planning Policy team. This diversion of resources for the next 8 weeks will result in delays in the processing of planning applications and other functions of the service. We are aiming to deal with applications and responding to enquiries in the order they are received in the majority of cases. We will respond as soon as possible
From 2 January 2025, the Council offers a chargeable pre-application service. This service includes a written response from a planning officer who will give an informal view on matters such as whether planning permission would be required, and the likelihood of planning permission being granted. The fee schedule sets out the cost for pre-application advice depending on the type of proposal and site size. A householder pre-application enquiry is £100.00
To find out more, please visit Pre-application advice service | South Derbyshire District Council.
To assist you in preparing your planning application the council’s planning policies and constraints can be viewed on the website. The ‘Apply for planning permission’ page of the website will also assist you in understanding the types of documents required to be submitted with your application to ensure that it is valid.
The planning portal offers an interactive house feature which provides details of permitted development rights for householders. The Technical Guidance for permitted development is also a useful tool to help you understand if planning permission would be required for your proposed development.
If you have a planning query, please either email planning@southderbyshire.gov.uk or contact our planning team on 01283 228706, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays between 8.45am and 5pm, Wednesdays between 9.30am and 5pm and Fridays between 8.45am and 4.30pm.
If your enquiry relates to a current application, we will book you an appointment with your case officer. If you reach our voicemail, please leave a message and we will aim to call you back on the same/next working day.