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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 1 Nov 201920 Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 12 Nov 20192 Ambaston Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GU
Received 12 Nov 2019254 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QR
Received 4 Nov 2019Land at Knights Lane, Bretby, Derbyshire, DE15 0RT
Received 12 Nov 20194 The Castle Mews, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LS
Received 12 Nov 20192 Knightswood Close, Rosliston, Derbyshire, DE12 8JJ
Received 13 Nov 20192 Coal Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7FN
Received 12 Nov 201957 Church Lane, Barrow on Trent, Derby, DE73 7HB
Received 13 Nov 201917 Chapel Lane, Barrow On Trent, Derby, DE73 7HE
Received 14 Nov 20191, 7, 9 and 13 Eureka Lodge Gardens, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0WR
Received 13 Nov 20191 Etwall Rectory, Rectory Court, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 4 Nov 20191 Etwall Rectory, Rectory Court, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 4 Nov 2019Land South of Grange View, Main Street, Dalbury Lees, DE6 5BE
Received 14 Nov 2019Land adjacent Smisby Manor, Annwell Lane, Smisby, Derby, LE65 2TA
Received 5 Nov 2019Land adjacent Smisby Manor, Annwell Lane, Smisby, Derby, LE65 2TA
Received 5 Nov 2019Positive ID Labelling, Castle Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JB
Received 14 Nov 20193 Woolstitch Park, Oakmere House, Clifton Road, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BT
Received 15 Nov 201917 Springfield Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GN
Received 15 Nov 201911A Bargate Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BY
Received 15 Nov 201933 Grove Close, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3EY
Received 15 Nov 2019Clematis Cottage, Willowpit Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FN
Received 15 Nov 2019Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 5 Nov 2019Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7EY
Received 4 Jul 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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