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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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61 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0HT
Received 27 Dec 2019Abattoir, Church Broughton Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PW
Received 13 Jan 2020Forge Nook, Longford Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AJ
Received 13 Jan 2020Land adjacent to the car park for the Queens Head Inn, 2 Coalpit Lane, Coton in the Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EX
Received 13 Jan 2020Land adjacent to Behind The Hills, Hills Lane, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HY
Received 7 Jan 202026 West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG
Received 8 Jan 202022 The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BT
Received 13 Jan 202014 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AX
Received 10 Jan 20203 Broadlands, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LQ
Received 14 Jan 202057, The Woodlands, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DQ
Received 15 Jan 2020The Hawk and Buckle, 46 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 15 Jan 202088, Station Road, Hatton, DE65 5EH,
Received 15 Jan 2020Land adjacent to the Mandarin Restaurant, Eggington Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FJ
Received 15 Jan 2020179 Welland Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5NN
Received 15 Jan 2020Land adjoining Poplar's Farm, Moira Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JB
Received 15 Jan 2020Brook House, Belmont Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JU
Received 13 Jan 2020Land at Snelsmoor Lane (Phases 6-8), Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 15 Jan 2020The Cheviots, Weston Road, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BH
Received 16 Jan 2020Land adjacent to 222 Burton Road, Woodville, DE11 7JR
Received 13 Jan 20208A, Chester Gardens, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9PU
Received 16 Jan 2020Ash Farm, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HT,
Received 16 Jan 202014, Lower Green, Findern, DE65 6AD, Derby
Received 16 Jan 2020Land to the South of The Mease (Phase 3), Hilton, Derby
Received 16 Jan 202088 Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EH
Received 17 Jan 2020Records 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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