East Midlands
Derby, a smaller city with the same split
Derby City Council is the planning authority for the city. Derbyshire County Council is not. The same sentence is true of Nottingham and Leicester, and it is repeated here because Derby is where it is most often skipped.
A smaller city does not mean a lighter framework. Ofsted’s East Midlands count was 460 children’s homes at 31 March 2025. Derby is inside that region. The application is still about this house and these children.
Fiveways is based in Birmingham. This page is about the work in Derby, not a local branch.
Planning applications in this area are decided by Derby City Council.
- Property work should ask whether the building can be staffed and supervised as the statement of purpose describes, before anyone falls in love with the floor plan.
- We can look at a Derby address and a Birmingham address in the same week. They still need two planning stories if both are proceeding.
- No Derby office, no Derby phone number.
The work that usually belongs here
Questions that come up here
Is Derby in the West Midlands?
For Ofsted’s published regions, Derby sits in the East Midlands. Day-to-day travel from Birmingham is easy. The regional table and the journey are different facts.
What do you need in order to comment on a building?
The address, a plan if you have one, and what you intend the home to be. We will say if a planning specialist should lead.
Nearby, and not the same
- Nottingham — The unitary city and the county ask different questions.
- Stoke-on-Trent — Staffordshire’s city, still in the West Midlands region.
- Sheffield — South Yorkshire has its own authorities.