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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Land at SK2529 8189 (adjacent to the Mandarin Chinese Restaurant), Eggington Road, Hilton, Derby
Received 27 Nov 201958 Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FN
Received 27 Nov 201916 Brook Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AH
Received 28 Nov 201928 George Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote DE11 9NY
Received 12 Jun 201981 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GR
Received 11 Nov 2019Land at SK2529 8189 (adjacent to the Mandarin Chinese Restaurant), Eggington Road, Hilton, Derby
Received 29 Nov 2019McDonald's Restaurant, Belmont Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JU
Received 29 Nov 2019The Homestead, Weston Road, Weston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2BH
Received 29 Nov 2019Danes Lodge, Etwall Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6HE
Received 11 Jun 2019Land adjacent 38 Derby Road, Swadlincote, DE11 8EB
Received 2 Dec 2019Elms Farm, Trusley, Sutton on the Hill, Derby, DE6 5JG
Received 28 Nov 2019Dower House, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 20 Nov 2019Land adjacent to Lawn House, Hay Lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PJ
Received 21 Nov 201930 Victoria Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FQ
Received 3 Dec 2019Whispering Trees, Shardlow Road, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2AN
Received 20 Nov 2019Land at Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 3 Dec 2019215 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QR
Received 3 Dec 201922 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 3 Dec 2019Thurleston Grange, London Road, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3FE
Received 21 Nov 20195 Rowan Drive, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0FF
Received 22 Nov 20195 Talbot Meadows, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5JS
Received 25 Nov 201914 Cartwright Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LA
Received 20 Nov 2019Land adjacent to 62 St Johns Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0SU
Received 25 Nov 201994 London Road, Shardlow, DE72 2GP
Received 26 Nov 2019Records 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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