Highways development control
We are involved in the approval process of any planning applications received by both the district and county planning authorities.
When considering any development proposals we aim to ensure that all new developments within Derbyshire are assessed in terms of their safety and impact on the roads.
To request further information in order to resolve highway concerns or clarify the proposals.
Offer no objections to the proposal and/or recommend planning conditions – where the application is considered to have no detrimental effect on highway issues or the effects can be mitigated by improvement works.
Request that the application be refused on the grounds of highway safety – such requests are made on the understanding that the reasons given must be sustainable if challenged on appeal.
We can only make requests and/or recommendations – the final decision rests with the relevant planning authority or committee.
- a reduction in the time spent by professional advisors in working up a proposal
- helping to ensure a smoother and quicker passage through the decision process
- ensuring an application is complete, comprehensive and to a satisfactory standard - avoiding rejection at the registration stage or early refusal of permission because of inadequate information.
Working in partnership with the planning authorities, we will endeavour to respond to all pre-application enquiries.
Requests for advice should be sent to:
Environmental Services Department
County Hall
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3AG
Contact:
Call Derbyshire on 08 456 058 058
You can find out more by following these links:
Further design advice can be found by viewing or downloading the documents in the more information section on this page.
Manual for streets
The Manual for streets (opens in a new window) replaces previous guidance on Residential Street Design, in particular “Design Bulletin 32” and “Places Streets and Movements”. This can viewed from the links section on this page.
Derbyshire County Council has resolved to work in partnership with Leicestershire County and Leicester City Councils in order to produce regional design guidance in respect of highways and transport infrastructure associated with new development. In the interim the existing Leicestershire guide has been adopted as the source for advice within the areas covered by the three Authorities, and can be found on the Leicestershire County Council website (opens in a new window)
The guidance contained within the “Design Manual for Roads and Bridges” will be considered relevant when considering applications in less developed urban or rural areas, where traffic flows are high, where speeds are in excess of 30mph, and where the highways involved are classified roads.
You can find out more in the Planning and highways agreements' section.
The documents in the more information section are available in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free if it isn't available on your computer. Download Adobe Reader (opens in a new window) or visit our PDF information page.
