Local Plan Review

South Derbyshire has an adopted Local Plan which sets out where new housing, employment, retail, and other development should go, up to 2028. The Local Plan also includes policies that are used to determine planning applications.

Government policy requires that Local Plans are reviewed every five years to see if they need updating. Following consideration of assessment of the Local Plan Part 1 policies, Environment and Developmental Services Committee (on the 12th August 2021) endorsed a full review of the Local Plan Part 1.

In October 2022 the Council published its first consultation on the Local Plan Review. The ‘Issues and Options Consultation’ ran for 8 weeks from 10th October until 5th December 2022.

In October 2024 the Council published its second regulation 18 consultation on the Local Plan Review. The Draft Local Plan Part 1 Review ran for over 8 weeks from 7th October – 6th December 2024.

South Derbyshire's Local Plan Part 1 2022-2041 (Publication Version) consultation ran between 10th March and 25th April 2025. Further information on the consultation can be found by clicking on the Pre Submission Local Plan Part 1 Review link on the right hand side of this page.