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Macpherson Coach Depot Hill Street Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7PL

18/02059/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 August 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from coach depot to use of existing building for light industry (Use Class B1 (c)), general industrial (Use Class B2) and storage and distribution (Use Class B8) and use of hardsurfaced area for external storage (Use Class B8), with associated parking and turning area

Received
9 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe
Agent
Thomas Taylor Planning Ltd
  1. Received9 Nov
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 247 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Macpherson Coach Depot Hill Street Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7PL. North West Leicestershire has handled 566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 278 days, 32 weeks longer than North West Leicestershire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the DE12 postcode area.

93% of full applications at North West Leicestershire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DE12 7PL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe & Acresford

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2018
Consultation expiry
1 July 2019
Consultation start
17 June 2019
Consultation end
1 July 2019
Neighbour consultation start
17 June 2019
Neighbour consultation end
1 July 2019
Last date for comments
1 July 2019
Target decision date
4 February 2019
Permission expires
14 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Thomas Taylor Planning Ltd
Agent address
Castle House South Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1BR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 December 2018
Site notice end
18 January 2019

Additional information

Documents
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Mease SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (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, 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.

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.

Source: North West Leicestershire

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