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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Derbyshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Mar 2016 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land adjacent to 49 Church Lane, Barrow On Trent, Derby, DE73 7HR
Received 28 Feb 2020The Forge, Blacksmiths Lane, Newton Solney, Burton Upon Trent, DE15 0SD
Received 2 Mar 2020Land at SK3126 0097, Milton Road, Repton, Derby
Received 2 Mar 2020Garden King Garden Market, Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TX
Received 5 Apr 2019Land at SK2430 7995, Derby Road, Hilton, Derby
Received 2 Mar 2020Broomy Farm, land east of Lincoln Way and Salisbury Drive, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Received 2 Mar 2020Land off Maple Drive, Aston On Trent, Derby
Received 2 Mar 2020Land off Maple Drive, Aston On Trent, Derby
Received 2 Mar 2020Land off Maple Drive, Aston On Trent, Derby
Received 2 Mar 202028 Well Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EY
Received 2 Mar 2020Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 17 Feb 2020Unit 1A, Station Yard, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8HJ
Received 3 Mar 2020Birchfields, Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 6GU
Received 3 Mar 2020Land at Boulton Moor, Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 3 Mar 2020Poplars Grove, Unnamed Road From Long Lane To Dalbury Hollow, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BE
Received 3 Mar 202030 Cambrian Way, Swadlincote, DE11 9DT
Received 4 Mar 202049 Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EG
Received 4 Mar 202069 Merlin Way, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UJ
Received 26 Feb 202053 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0HU
Received 27 Feb 2020Land adjacent to Keepers Cottage, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QG
Received 4 Mar 2020Staker Flatt Farm, Day Nursery, Staker Lane, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DJ
Received 4 Mar 2020Unit 20, The Pipeworks, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9FQ
Received 5 Mar 202088 Hillside, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AW
Received 26 Feb 2020The Rectory, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 5 Mar 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Derbyshire District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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