Precision Casting Facility Gate 6 Rolls Royce PLC Wilmore Road Derby DE24 9HZ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

The removal of existing external plant, infrastructure, services, plinths, foundations and bunds and the installation of replacement external plant and associated infrastructure within the west yard of the Rolls-Royce Precision Castings Facility Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Jul 2026
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Consultation
20 Jul 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 373 m away: Sinfin Moor; Inside the Derby built-up area; Priority habitat about 29 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; National infrastructure project about 1631 m away: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application.
Not affected
Not green belt · 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 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
Derby
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
DE24 9HZ
Received
20 Jul 2026
Validated
20 Jul 2026
Ward
Sinfin & Osmaston Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Sept 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Frank Shaw

How this decision compares

Decided in 78 days from validation, 23 days slower than Derby's median of 55 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 100% of commercial and major works here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
36decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Derby in the last twelve months, from validation. Derby decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 Jul 2026
Comments by
21 Aug 2026
Derby
Planning Authority Score
2.2/10
Poor
#266 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Derby is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #253 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Derby decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #98 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #172 of 296
45%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #253 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #268 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
47 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
84 decided
944
Total decisions
87 refused in the year to March 2026