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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Mandarin Chinese Restaurant, Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FJ
Received 24 Jan 20201 Bearwardcote Farm Cottages, Derby Road, Etwall, DE65 6LR
Received 24 Jan 2020106 Ingleby Road, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HU
Received 24 Jan 202012 Bittern View, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BX
Received 24 Jan 20201 Vicarage Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8DL
Received 24 Jan 202015 Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TT
Received 24 Jan 2020Radbourne Hall, Radbourne, Ashbourne, DE6 4LZ
Received 27 Jan 202049 Jubilee Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GR
Received 27 Jan 202013 Church Close, Willington, Derby, DE65 6EN
Received 27 Jan 2020Land adjacent to 22 Burton Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HD
Received 27 Jan 2020Land to the north side of The Common, Melbourne, Derby
Received 27 Jan 2020Slade House, Rose Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JW
Received 28 Jan 202025 York Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QG
Received 28 Jan 202028, Well Lane, Repton, DE65 6EY
Received 28 Jan 2020Chestnut House, Mitre Drive, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FJ
Received 27 Jan 202072 Main Street, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BL
Received 28 Jan 2020Land to the north side of The Common, Melbourne, Derby
Received 29 Jan 202020, Station Road, Melbourne, DE73 8EB
Received 29 Jan 2020Land Adjacent 228 Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7HW
Received 29 Jan 2020Merrilees, Cadley Hill Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9EQ
Received 29 Jan 2020St Andrews Church, Ferry Lane, Twyford, Derby, DE73 7HJ
Received 30 Jan 2020Woodhouses Barn, B587 From Robinsons Hill To County Boundary, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 30 Jan 2020Land at Boulton Moor, Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 30 Jan 2020Land at Snelsmoor Lane (Phases 6-8), Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 30 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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