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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pippin Heath, Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8DD
Received 27 Aug 2019Land adjacent to Mill Green House, Brook Lane, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PN
Received 4 Sept 201910 Maitland Road, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QU
Received 4 Sept 201928 Main Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EZ
Received 4 Sept 2019Chestnuts, Coplow Lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5DL
Received 28 Aug 2019Land to the rear of 1 St Peters Close, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 29 Aug 2019Close House, 84 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 30 Aug 2019Granville Academy, Burton Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JR
Received 30 Aug 201959 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 5 Sept 20198 Bramley Court, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5QT
Received 30 Aug 2019Boroughfields Farm, Coton Road, Walton On Trent , Swadlincote, DE12 8LP
Received 6 Sept 201912 Harpur Avenue, Ticknall , Derby, DE73 7JS
Received 6 Sept 201922 Maitland Road, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QU
Received 6 Sept 2019The Old Printworks, 47-51 Alexandra Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9AY
Received 6 Sept 2019Land adjacent Greenacre, Bent Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BA
Received 6 Sept 2019Nestle Company Limited, Marston Lane, Hatton, Derby, DE13 9LY
Received 6 Sept 201929 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 27 Aug 2019The Stables, Barr Hall Farm, Drakelow Road, Walton on Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NB
Received 9 Sept 2019The Steading, Main Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EQ
Received 9 Sept 2019Eureka Lodge, Newhall Road, Midway, Swadlincote
Received 5 Sept 201955 Castle Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8DY
Received 29 Aug 201955 CASTLE STREET, MELBOURNE, DERBY, DE73 8DY
Received 29 Aug 2019Land On The West Of, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9AA
Received 10 Sept 201927 Linnet Hill, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0SJ
Received 10 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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