The Parish Council have been advised by the planning department at South Derbyshire District Council that the deadline for the consultation on a planning application that has been submitted for land off Sycamore Avenue, Findern, DE65 6AF, near Common Piece Lane, had been extended to 18 September 2020.

This planning application is for the parcel of land that the Council tried to buy at auction in February. The Parish Council would like to draw attention to the application and invite residents to view the application and submit their comments.

The new owner of the land has submitted an application for engineering operations to remove topsoil and lay hardcore to facilitate the change of use of land for storage purposes including the parking of cars and siting of 8 storage containers on the land.

The application may be viewed on South Derbyshire District Council’s website at:

https://planning.southderbyshire.gov.uk/dmapps.aspx/?ref=DMPA/2020/0407

Should you have any comments these should be submitted no later than 18/09/2020 by emailing planningapplications@southderbyshire.gov.uk or using the online form at the above link.

Comments can also be sent by post to: Planning Department, South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote , Derbyshire , DE11 0AH

Any objections submitted should be related to valid planning considerations. The planning department can only take into account ‘material planning considerations’ when looking at any comments. The most common of these (although not an exhaustive list) are in the attached document.