The Old Orchard, Sleepy Lane, Kings Newton, Derby DE73 8BU Data via plota.co.uk

DMOT/2025/0900 Approved

Proposal

The felling and pruning of trees at Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jul 2025
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Validated
26 Jul 2025
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Approved
4 Sept 2025

Approved on 4 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

King's Newton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public footpath about 17 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Melbourne (South Derbyshire) built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1707 m away: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 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, 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.

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Important details

Postcode
DE73 8BU
Received
14 Jul 2025
Validated
26 Jul 2025
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Sept 2025
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
4 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 38 days faster than South Derbyshire's median of 78 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

12%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
213decided in the last year

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
7 Aug 2025
Comments by
29 Aug 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