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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at SK2416 1799, Burton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote
Received 15 Oct 201922-24 Rose Tree Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LN
Received 10 Oct 2019Cedar Lawns, Forties Lane, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2SN
Received 16 Oct 2019Land At 156 and 160 Burton Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EW
Received 2 May 2019Common Farm Cottage, B587 From Robinsons Hill To County Boundary, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 16 Oct 2019Jolly Colliers, 2 Rose Valley, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0QN
Received 10 Oct 2019Newtons Corner, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BR
Received 17 Oct 2019Land at SK2829 0730 off Ivy Close, Willington, Derby
Received 16 Oct 2019Land north of Scropton Lane, Scropton, Derby
Received 18 Oct 2019Wood Farm House, Wood Farm Lane, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JY
Received 18 Oct 2019The Holding, Miry Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5PW
Received 14 Oct 2019Wood Farm House, Wood Farm Lane, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JY
Received 18 Oct 201925 Castle Hill, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AL
Received 18 Oct 2019Chantry Barn, Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 21 Oct 2019Plots 5 and P2 - 01, Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BG
Received 21 Oct 201916 Lewisham Drive,Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9GN
Received 21 Oct 201916 Carr Brook Way, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LH
Received 21 Oct 201910 Grange Farm Court, Coton Park, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6RP
Received 14 Oct 2019Land off Breach Lane, Melbourne, Derby
Received 16 Oct 201923 Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 17 Oct 2019Land at Dove Valley Park (Phases 1 and 2), Derby, DE65 5BZ
Received 9 Oct 2019Maycliffe, Chapel Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TJ
Received 21 Oct 2019Breach Gorse Farm, Breach Lane, Sudbury, DE6 5HH
Received 21 Oct 201921 Outram Way, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3EH
Received 22 Oct 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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