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40 Leopold Street/1 The Avenue Derby

23/01136/PNRIAPrior Approval - Commercial to ResiApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 October 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from offices (Use Class E) to flat (Use Class C3)

Received
16 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Arboretum Ward
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 40 Leopold Street/1 The Avenue Derby. Derby has handled 537 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Derby's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Arboretum Ward.

98% of outline applications at Derby City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Prior Approval - Commercial to Resi
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2023
Consultation start
16 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 August 2023
Last date for comments
22 September 2023
Target decision date
10 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12390458
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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