Landau Forte College Fox Street Derby DE1 2LF
Approved on 29 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of roof mounted solar panels
- Received
- 9 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Derby City Council
- Ward
- Darley Ward
- Agent
- Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated9 Mar
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date3 May
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Landau Forte College Fox Street Derby DE1 2LF. Derby has handled 537 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Derby's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Darley Ward. We hold 411 applications in total for the DE1 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- DE1 2LF
- Application type
- Prior Approval - PV on Non-Domestic
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
- Agent address
- 20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Brownfield land register: Former Anochrome Jigs site, 8-14 Mansfield Road, DerbyRegister site at or near this address
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 (21)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Derby
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