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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Bretby Crematorium, Geary Lane, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QE
Received 9 Aug 2019Pippin Heath, Kings Newton Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DD
Received 30 Jul 2019Land at SK2816 1036, Linton Heath, Linton, Swadlincote
Received 23 Jul 2019The Mill, Main street, Smisby Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 6 Aug 2019Hoon Mount, Hoon Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GA
Received 9 Aug 2019PARK FARM, GRANGEWOOD, SWADLINCOTE, DE12 8DY
Received 27 Jun 201910 Brook End, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FW
Received 15 Jul 201915 Main Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EZ
Received 12 Aug 20192 Tower Farm, Swarkestone Road, Weston on Trent , Derby, DE72 2BU
Received 12 Aug 2019Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BZ
Received 12 Aug 2019Land north of Occupation Lane (Woodville Regeneration Area), Woodville, Swadlincote
Received 12 Aug 2019106 HIGH STREET, MELBOURNE, DERBY, DE73 8GJ
Received 9 Aug 201919 THE BURROWS, NEWHALL, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 0RL
Received 9 Jul 201912 CASTLE MEWS, MELBOURNE, DERBY, DE73 8LW
Received 9 Aug 2019Land adjacent to 64 Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TU
Received 11 Jul 20198 Gravel Pit Cottages, Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NQ
Received 6 Aug 201941 Askew Grove, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GR
Received 5 Aug 2019The Mill, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 18 Jul 2019Old School Lodge, Derby Road, Aston on Trent , Derby, DE72 2AF
Received 13 Aug 20193 South Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GB
Received 14 Aug 201930 Clifton Road, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BP
Received 14 Aug 20191 ROYLE FARM COTTAGE, CAULDWELL ROAD, DRAKELOW, SWADLINCOTE, BURTON ON TRENT, DE15 9TU
Received 10 Jul 201932 Trent Lane, Kings Newton , Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 15 Aug 2019The Old Talbot PH, 1 Main Street, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FF
Received 16 Aug 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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