Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote

DMOT/2025/0819Approval of details reserved by a conditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 January 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Approval of details required by condition 12 (natural England License and mitigation) relating to approval of reserved matters (access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) for 819 dwellings pursuant to outline permission ref: DMPA/2022/1515 (Variation of condition 4 of planning permission DMPA/2020/1460 to update the phasing arrangements for the site) at

Received: 24 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Derbyshire District Council

ReceivedReceived24 Jun
ValidatedValidated24 Jun
Consult.Consultation12 Dec
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Jan

Decided in 217 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote. South Derbyshire has handled 309 applications of this type. This one was decided in 217 days, 22 weeks longer than South Derbyshire's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address.

98% of conditions applications at South Derbyshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Approval of details reserved by a condition
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 819

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 12 December 2025
Consultation start: 21 November 2025
Consultation end: 12 December 2025
Application expires: 30 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 220 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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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.

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