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Land To The South Of Woodville Road Swadlincote Derby DE12 6LY

26/00016/NACConsultation by Neighbouring AuthorityApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

The change of use of open grazing land to form a 3 pitch family gypsy and traveller site with 3no day rooms and the creation of a new access road on Land to the South of Woodville Road, Swadlincote, Derby DE12 6LY (DMPA/2025/1096)

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 2 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land To The South Of Woodville Road Swadlincote Derby DE12 6LY. North West Leicestershire has handled 298 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 8 weeks quicker than North West Leicestershire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,243 applications in total for the DE12 postcode area.

84% of outline 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 6LY
Application type
Consultation by Neighbouring Authority
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Target decision date
20 January 2026
Decision issued
9 January 2026
Permission expires
9 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sarah Atherton - Case Officer
Agent address
Civic Offices Civic Way Swadlincote DE11 1ZY

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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.

Source: North West Leicestershire

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