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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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46 Hillside Road, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QW
Received 24 Sept 2019The Sett, Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB
Received 16 Sept 201916 Linnet Hill, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0SJ
Received 16 Sept 2019Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 25 Sept 2019Slade House, Rose Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JW
Received 25 Sept 201933 Bells End Road, Walton on Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8ND
Received 26 Sept 2019Land to the rear of 45 - 59 Manchester Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7BE
Received 26 Sept 2019Land at Cadley Park, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote
Received 26 Sept 201981 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GR
Received 19 Sept 2019Land at SK4031 4970, The Triangle, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 13 Jun 2019The Gables, Church Hill, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LT
Received 27 Sept 2019Coopers Arms, Weston Hall Drive, Weston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2BJ
Received 27 Sept 2019Coopers Arms, Weston Hall Drive, Weston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2BJ
Received 27 Sept 2019Unit 1, Ivy House Farm, Ingleby Road, Stanton by Bridge, Derby DE73 7HT
Received 23 Sept 2019Newton Park, Newton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0TD
Received 27 Sept 2019190-198 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0HP
Received 27 Sept 201922 Melton Avenue, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FP
Received 30 Sept 201917 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EA
Received 30 Sept 2019Plot At Water Works, Bog Lane, Melbourne Derby, DE73 8HU
Received 30 Sept 2019Coopers Arms, Weston Hall Drive, Weston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2BJ
Received 27 Sept 201910 West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DE
Received 23 Sept 2019Ivy Cottage, Ingleby Road, Stanton by Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HU
Received 30 Sept 20192 Coal Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7FN
Received 30 Sept 2019Melbourne Hall Estate Office, Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 26 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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