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Landau Forte College Fox Street Derby DE1 2LF

26/00314/PNRPVPrior Approval - PV on Non-DomesticApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of roof mounted solar panels

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darley Ward
Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided29 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

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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