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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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15 Derby Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FP
Received 10 Sept 2019Land near Brandons Poultry Farm, Unnamed Road from Cote Bottom Lane to Bent Lane, Heathtop, Derby, DE65 5AY
Received 11 Sept 201942 Woodland Road, Stanton, Swadlincote, Burton On Trent DE15 9TH
Received 25 Jun 2019St. Wilfrids Church, Church Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HP
Received 30 Aug 20196 Millfield Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DB
Received 12 Sept 2019The Croft, Church Broughton Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PW
Received 12 Sept 20197 Linton Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HU
Received 2 Sept 2019Bretby Heights, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 2 Sept 2019Land South of The Mease, Hilton , Derby , Derbyshire
Received 12 Sept 20193 Malcote Mews, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QT
Received 12 Sept 201912 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QN
Received 9 Dec 201923A, Westfield Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BG,
Received 9 Dec 201962, Ashby Road, Melbourne, DE73 8ES, 10024228280
Received 9 Dec 2019Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 9 Dec 2019The Water Tower, Swarkestone Road, Weston On Trent, DE72 2BU
Received 10 Dec 2019Brookfield Farm, Schoolpiece Lane, Sutton On The Hill, DE65 5DH
Received 10 Dec 2019Askew Lodge, Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 10 Dec 201989 Aston Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GX
Received 11 Dec 201925, Oaklands Way, Melbourne, DE73 8LR
Received 11 Dec 201935 Main Street, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LG
Received 11 Dec 2019Land adjacent to 8 The Gables, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TG
Received 12 Dec 2019Westbrook Farm, Green Lane, Lullington, DE12 8EE
Received 12 Dec 2019Land at Sk2823 3536 (rear of 101-119) Bretby Lane, Bretby, DE15 0QP
Received 12 Dec 2019Land off Sinfin Lane, Barrow Upon Trent, Derby
Received 5 Dec 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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