Church Street Roundabout, Church Street, Swadlincote, Derby DE11 8LF Data via plota.co.uk

DMPA/2025/1082 Approved

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2025
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Validated
30 Sept 2025
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Approved
12 Dec 2025

Approved on 12 Dec 2025 · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Derbyshire Development Management Committee on 9 Dec 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the unlit, low-level signs would have minimal visual impact and no highway safety harm.
  • Members supported the officer recommendation and approved the application.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of South Derbyshire's committee minutes of 9 Dec 2025.

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. Nearest recorded mine shaft: about 36 m from the postcode pin (reference 430319-003).
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 ↗
Local nature reserve about 202 m away: Swadlincote Woodlands Forest Park and Salts Meadow
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Public footpath about 28 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 41 m away: Swadlincote; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Swadlincote built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 Mining Remediation Authority 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

Postcode
DE11 8LF
Received
12 Aug 2025
Validated
30 Sept 2025
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Dec 2025
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
12 Dec 2025

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 20 days slower than South Derbyshire's median of 53 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 97% of signs and adverts here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
39decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by South Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Derbyshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Oct 2025
Comments by
14 Nov 2025
Committee
9 Dec 2025
South Derbyshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#101 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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