The Dower House, Hartshorne Road, Repton, Derby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB Data via plota.co.uk

DMPA/2026/0327 Approved
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of The Dower House for short term holiday letting at Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Mar 2026
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Validated
10 Mar 2026
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Approved
28 May 2026

Approved on 28 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Registered park or garden: Bretby Hall
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Bretby 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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

Council
South Derbyshire
Postcode
DE15 0RB
Received
9 Mar 2026
Validated
10 Mar 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 May 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
28 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision

How this decision compares

Decided in 79 days from validation, 12 days slower than South Derbyshire's median of 67 for changes of use. Approved, as 74% of changes of use here are.

39%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
60decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by South Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Derbyshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
19 Mar 2026
Comments by
26 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
1 Bretby Mews, The Stables, Unnamed Road Through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB
Removal of three Georgian style modern windows to be replaced with heritage style bi-fold…
DMPA/2022/1255
2022 Approved
1 Bretby Mews, The Stables, Unnamed Road Through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB
Removal of three Georgian style modern windows to be replaced with heritage style bi-fold…
DMPA/2022/1255
2020 Approved
The Stables, 1 Bretby Mews, Unnamed Road through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB
The removal of deadwood and reducing rear scaffold limb of horse chestnut at
DMOT/2020/1047
2020 Approved
The Stables, 1 Bretby Mews, Unnamed Road through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB
The removal of deadwood and reducing rear scaffold limb of horse chestnut at
DMOT/2020/1047
2018 Approved
The Stables, 1 Bretby Mews, Unnamed Road Through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB
The felling of 8 conifer trees.
9/2018/0980
2018 Approved
The Stables, 1 Bretby Mews, Unnamed Road Through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB
The felling of 8 conifer trees.
9/2018/0980
2018 Approved
2, Bretby Mews, Unnamed Road Through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0RB
Erection of an extension and alterations.
9/2018/0679
2018 Approved
2, Bretby Mews, Unnamed Road Through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0RB
Erection of an extension and alterations.
9/2018/0679
2016 Approved
BRETBY PARK THE STABLES BRETBY BURTON ON TRENT DERBYSHIRE
THE FELLING OF TWO PINE TREES AT
9/2016/0032
2016 Approved
BRETBY PARK THE STABLES BRETBY BURTON ON TRENT DERBYSHIRE
THE FELLING OF TWO PINE TREES AT
9/2016/0032
South Derbyshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#101 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings