Former Assembly Rooms Market Place/34 Full Street/Tenant Street Derby DE1 3AH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Outline planning application (with all matters reserved save for access) for a phased, mixed-use development, comprising a hotel (Use Class C1) with ancillary uses, an office building (Use Class E) with flexibility for ground floor and upper floor commercial uses (Use Class E and Sui Generis), and a flexible commercial, leisure and cultural building incorporating flexibility for the following uses: commercial, business and service uses (Use Class E), community, education and non-residential institution uses (Use Class F1), drinking establishments, film and performance space, conference / function space, and / or a live music venue (Sui Generis), as well as public realm and landscaping, highways works, parking, servicing, and all other associated works including the demolition of 34 Full Street and associated structures. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Planning Control Committee · Last checked 25 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Derby Planning Control Committee on 16 Jul 2026. Earlier deferred on 14 May 2026.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- The application sought outline permission for a phased, mixed-use scheme with a hotel, an office building, and a flexible commercial and leisure building.
- Two notices of objection, a late letter and a petition of 1,661 signatures against the application had been received.
- The applicant addressed the committee in support, while a representative of a civic society spoke against the application.
Source: Plota analysis of Derby's committee minutes of 16 Jul 2026.
Site constraints 4
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- 11 mThe Old Dolphin Public HouseGrade II
- 23 mUnnamed
- 37 mPost Near North West Corner of Church HouseGrade II
- 37 m1, Queen StreetGrade II
- 38 m1 and 3, College PlaceGrade II
- 42 mTwo Posts at West End of College PlaceGrade II
- 66 mCathedral Church of All SaintsGrade I
- 71 m3, St Marys GateGrade II
- 82 m18-19, Iron GateGrade II
- 86 m40-42, St Marys GateGrade II
- 97 m20-21, Iron GateGrade II
- 100 m27- 28 Queen StreetGrade II
- 101 m15-17, Iron GateGrade II
- 103 m2, Amen AlleyGrade II
- 106 m37-38 St Marys GateGrade II
- 109 m22, Iron GateGrade II
- 110 m24 & 24a, Iron GateGrade II
- 122 m25-26 Iron GateGrade II
- 123 m11 Iron GateGrade II
- 125 m10, St Marys GateGrade II
- 128 m11, St Marys GateGrade II
- 130 m27 Iron GateGrade II
- 130 m10, Iron GateGrade II
- 133 m11a, St Marys GateGrade II
- 135 m35-36 St Marys GateGrade II*
- 142 m9, Iron GateGrade II
- 143 mBakewell's Gates at The Silk Mill Industrial MuseumGrade I
- 145 m28-32 Iron GateGrade II
Checked on 11 September 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 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
How this decision compares
Decided in 189 days from validation, 134 days slower than Derby's median of 55 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 100% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Derby in the last twelve months, from validation. Derby decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 25 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 25 Jun 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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