Dovedale House, Bretby Business Park, Bretby Drive, Bretby, Burton on Trent DE15 0YZ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Change of Use from Class B1 (Business) to create an indoor padel tennis facility (Class Ed), a Pilates and wellbeing studio (Class Ed); including internal ground floor facilities including ancillary storage and a café (Class Eb); internal extensions to the first floor mezzanine to accommodate an ancillary viewing gallery, Office (Class Egi) and meeting room; an extension and new entrance to the front elevation; and associated alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Apr 2026
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Validated
30 Apr 2026
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Approved
3 Jul 2026

Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Registered park or garden about 75 m away: Bretby Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Swadlincote built-up area; Green belt about 42 m away: Burton-upon-Trent and Swadlincote; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Building

Floor area1,160 m² (12,486 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 52)
UseStorage or Distribution
HeatingUnconditioned

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Postcode
DE15 0YZ
Received
15 Apr 2026
Validated
30 Apr 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
3 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, about the council's usual 67 days. Approved, as 74% of changes of use here are.

39%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
60decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by South Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Derbyshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 May 2026
Comments by
12 Jun 2026
South Derbyshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#101 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

South Derbyshire ranks #177 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Derbyshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #46 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #42 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #177 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #132 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
86 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
97%
Change of use approved
29 decided
605
Total decisions
34 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.