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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Radbourne Hall,Unnamed Section Of C45 From C245, Heage Lane To Derby City Boundary ,Radbourne ,Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Received 13 Dec 201994, London Road, Shardlow, DE72 2GP
Received 13 Dec 201946 Hillside Road, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QW
Received 16 Dec 2019Cliftons Folly, Royden Hall Farm, Canal Bank, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GL
Received 17 Dec 20196 Warren Drive, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QP
Received 6 Dec 20192 Sandypits Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JA
Received 18 Dec 2019Outbuilding at Mill Farm, 25 Main Street, Milton, DE65 6EF
Received 18 Dec 2019Land at SK2130 8875, South of Derby Road, Hatton, Derby
Received 18 Dec 2019572 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DP
Received 5 Dec 2019Turncroft, Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FL
Received 18 Dec 2019Potters Yard, Potter Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DW
Received 5 Dec 2019Bungalow adj. Breach Farm, Cadley Lane, Caldwell, Swadlincote, DE12 6RJ
Received 19 Dec 2019The Old Forge, 8 The Green, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AA
Received 20 Dec 2019Royal Oak Cottage, Main Street, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AS
Received 20 Dec 201984 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FL
Received 20 Dec 2019Sir Francis Burdett House, Derby Road, Melbourne, DE73 8DE
Received 23 Dec 2019Old Hall, Church Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DF
Received 23 Dec 2019The Mandarin, Egginton Road, Hilton, DE65 5FJ,
Received 23 Dec 2019The Mandarin Chinese Restaurant, Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FJ
Received 23 Dec 2019Etwall Pharmacy, Chestnut Grove, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NG
Received 5 Dec 201910 Compton Avenue, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2AU
Received 6 Dec 2019Land at Boulton Moor (Phases 6-8), Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 23 Dec 2019Southwood House, Staunton Lane, Calke, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1RG
Received 6 Dec 201978 Victoria Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FQ
Received 9 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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