David Lock Associates get green light for Derbyshire brownfield scheme

David Lock Associates’ proposals for a major regeneration scheme on a 110 ha brownfield site near Burton-upon-Trent have been approved by South Derbyshire District Council.

The brownfield site 3km to the south of Burton-upon-Trent will deliver a sustainable new community incorporating family, first time buyer, retirement and affordable housing, as well as a new primary school, health centre and neighbourhood centre facilities.

The planning application, submitted by Roger Bullivant and E.ON, will also secure new employment on site which will create around 1,500 new jobs as well as facilitating the retention of the existing Bullivant business, one of the primary employers in the region.

In resolving to grant outline planning permission for the scheme, the chair of the Planning Committee Councillor Martyn Ford praised the David Lock Associates’ master plan for the site as a “fabulous” scheme able to deliver “iconic development” and a “quantum leap” for South Derbyshire.

Heather Pugh, director of David Lock Associates, said:”This resolution represents the culmination of 6 years of consultation and 18 months of intensive liaison with the planning authority, who are commended for taking a positive approach to deliver new development in their district in the face of the present uncertainty in the planning system.”

Development could start as early as next year. The first phase, which will take between six and eight years to deliver, will include the delivery of up to 1,000 dwellings and the first local centre.