Varied demolition conditions at Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Derby Planning Control Committee on 12 Feb 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
Varying demolition conditions
The application sought to vary conditions on the timing of demolition and redevelopment, protection of a Jacobean ceiling, and archaeology on a previously approved demolition.
“(Variation of conditions 3 (timing of demolition /details of redevelopment), 4 (protection of Jacobean ceiling), 5 (archaeology) of previously approved application 20/00899/CAD - Demolition of the Assembly Rooms and adjacent multi-storey car park)”
Minutes
Missing plans received
A site plan, demolition plan and demolition works report, which the report should have contained, had been received during the life of the application.
“The Major Projects Officer addressed the Committee. It was reported that condition 2 in the report should have contained a Site Plan, a Demolition Plan, and a Demolition Works report, which had been received during the life of the application.”
Minutes
Condition 3 to return to committee
It was proposed that before condition 3 is discharged, it should first come back to the committee.
“It was proposed that before condition 3 in the report be discharged, it should firstly come back to Committee.”
Minutes
Approved
The committee resolved to grant planning permission subject to the conditions in the report, and to review condition 3 again before it is discharged.
“Resolved to grant planning permission for the reasons and with the conditions as outlined in the report, and subject to the requirement that before condition 3 in the report is discharged, it shall firstly come back to Committee.”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- PearceChairFor(no vote against recorded)
- Sara Frances BoltonLab Co-opFor(no vote against recorded)
- Sue BonserLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
- Lucy CareLib DemFor(no vote against recorded)
- John EvansReform Derby and…For(no vote against recorded)
- Matthew Edward HolmesConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Kieran Alexander Morgan-McGeehanConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Gulfraz NawazLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
- Miles Hugo PattisonConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Timothy ProsserReform DerbyFor(no vote against recorded)
- Martin James RawsonLab Co-opFor(no vote against recorded)
The minutes record this decision with no vote against, so each member present for this item is shown as voting for it.
Apologies Saquib Amin Lab Co-op
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from Democracy Club.
Sources
- Derby Planning Control Committee minutes, 12 February 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Derby's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Thursday 12 February 2026
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