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WestRock - Multi Packaging Solutions, Cadley Hill Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EJ

DMPN/2022/0574Prior approval - All othersApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 August 2022

Council decision: Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed installation of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roof of

Received
25 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 101 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at WestRock - Multi Packaging Solutions, Cadley Hill Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EJ. South Derbyshire has handled 262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 5 weeks longer than South Derbyshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 622 applications in total for the DE11 postcode area.

76% of outline 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

Postcode
DE11 9EJ
Application type
Prior approval - All others
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2022
Consultation expiry
3 June 2022
Consultation start
13 May 2022
Consultation end
3 June 2022
Target decision date
4 August 2022
Application expires
4 August 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
101 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: South Derbyshire

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