Land to the east of Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of 2no buildings in B2/B8 and ancillary E(g) uses, associated infrastructure, service yards, landscaping, and a structural landscape buffer at land to the east of Dove Valley Park and the erection of an innovation centre in sui generis use at Plot 2 within Dove Valley Park on Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 13 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by South Derbyshire Development Management Committee on 10 Feb 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the economic, social and environmental benefits outweighed identified harms.
- Consultees supported the proposal, while no neighbour responses were received.
- The committee approved the application in line with the officer recommendation.
Source: Plota analysis of South Derbyshire's committee minutes of 10 Feb 2026.
Associated applications 10
Site constraints 3
Checked on 2 November 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 Planning Inspectorate 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.
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Important details
- Council
- South Derbyshire
- Received
- 27 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 28 Nov 2025
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 13 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 13 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
How this decision compares
Decided in 105 days from validation, 27 days slower than South Derbyshire's median of 78 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by South Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Derbyshire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 28 Nov 2025
- Comments by
- 29 Jan 2026
- Committee
- 10 Feb 2026
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.
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Land to the east of Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby
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