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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Top Hat One, Unit 3000, Park Avenue, Dove Valley Park, Foston, DE65 5BT
Received 18 Sept 201934 Alders Brook, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5HF
Received 19 Sept 2019Creative Days Nursery, Field Avenue, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EQ
Received 12 Sept 201910 Main Street, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JW
Received 29 Jul 2019Appletree Cottage, Sutton Lane, Burntheath, Hilton Derby, DE65 5FE
Received 19 Sept 2019Infinity Garden Village, Land east of Deep Dale Lane, Stenson Fields, Derby
Received 6 Jun 2019Woodside House, 15 Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ES
Received 19 Sept 2019Woodhouse Business Centre, Woodhouse Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8ED
Received 19 Sept 2019Former Bretby Pottery Site, Swadlincote Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8DE
Received 24 Sept 2019Lamb Inn, 20 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 20 Sept 201920 Carr Brook Way, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LH
Received 20 Sept 2019Infinity Garden Village, Land South of Wragley Way (and around Stenson Road, Arleston Lane and Deep Dale Lane), Stenson Fields, Derby
Received 6 Jun 2019Drakelow Park, Land off Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Received 20 Sept 201956 Spinney Hill, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LX
Received 23 Sept 201962 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 23 Sept 201961 Coach Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6ES
Received 23 Sept 20196 Hanslynn, Thulston,Derby, DE72 3WB
Received 23 Sept 20198 Orchard Close, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NN
Received 13 Sept 2019The Grange, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EG
Received 23 Sept 2019Holmleigh, Forties Lane, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2SN
Received 16 Sept 2019Land between Egginton and Willington, Derby, Derbyshire
Received 13 Sept 2019Gunby Farm, Gunby Hill, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8AS
Received 23 Sept 201916 & 18 Station Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DX
Received 30 Aug 2019Land adjacent 29 Penkridge Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FH
Received 23 Sept 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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