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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Greenfield Lodge, Watery Lane, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PL
Received 18 Oct 2019Whitebeam, 2 Oak Road, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3EW
Received 18 Oct 2019Land West of Ibis Budget Hotel, Etwall Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DX
Received 22 Oct 2019Pippin Heath, Kings Newton Lane, Derby, DE73 8DD
Received 22 Oct 201936 Nursery Close, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0BQ
Received 22 Oct 20196 Ash Close, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2BY
Received 23 Oct 2019Willow Cottage, Barrow Lane, Swarkestone, Derby DE73 7GR
Received 23 Oct 20195 John Port Close, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NU
Received 23 Oct 2019Land At Sk2913 6212, Acresford Road, Swadlincote, DE12 8AP
Received 23 Oct 2019Blackberry Farm, Sutton Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5DE
Received 23 Oct 2019Walton Hall, Main Street, Walton on Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 23 Oct 2019Hardwick Coleman & Whotton, Belmont Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JU
Received 24 Oct 201916 Dalston Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0QG
Received 24 Oct 2019Burton On Trent Golf Club, Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0PS
Received 24 Oct 2019The White Swan Inn, 15 Main Street, Walton on Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 24 Oct 201947 Jubilee Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GR
Received 24 Oct 201926a Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 17 Oct 2019Scaddows Farm, Scaddows Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JP
Received 25 Oct 2019Land to the south and east of Hollybrook Way, Portico Road and Bowbank Close (Highfields Farm), Rykneld Road, Findern, Derby
Received 25 Oct 201911 Elmlands Close, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AL
Received 28 Oct 2019Riding Bank, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DG
Received 28 Oct 201932 Galloway Road, Drakelow, Burton Upon Trent, DE15 9UJ
Received 28 Oct 2019Wood Farm House, Wood Farm Lane, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JY
Received 18 Oct 2019Cherry Tree Farm, Cherry Tree Lane, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BE
Received 21 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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