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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby
Received 1 Apr 2020Land at SK2819 1873 (Site C) William Nadin Way, Swadlincote
Received 2 Apr 2020Land at SK3528 8771, Barrow Lane, Swarkestone, Derby
Received 2 Apr 2020Apartment 1, Bretby Hall, Unnamed Road Through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QQ
Received 2 Apr 2020Nestle Company Limited, Marston Lane, Hatton, Derby, DE13 9LY
Received 2 Apr 2020Land off Orchard Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0JS
Received 2 Apr 2020Land to the rear of 118 High Street Woodville, DE11 7DU
Received 6 Mar 2020Staker Fields Farm, Staker Lane, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DJ
Received 3 Apr 2020Weston House, Wilmot Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9BJ
Received 3 Apr 202017, Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 3 Apr 2020Grange Farm, Sandy Lane, Netherseal, DE12 8BX
Received 3 Apr 2020Hill Top Farm, Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FN
Received 3 Apr 202012 Acacia Drive, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LT
Received 6 Apr 202010 Wildhay Brook, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5NU
Received 6 Apr 2020Ashwood, Swadlincote Lane, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EF
Received 6 Apr 2020Two Trees, The Glebe, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JQ
Received 6 Apr 20203, The Shrubbery, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8BN
Received 6 Apr 202017, Willington Road, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AS
Received 6 Apr 2020104 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 7 Apr 202085 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 7 Apr 2020Land between 49 and 59 Manchester Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7BE
Received 7 Apr 202017 Marston Brook, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5HS
Received 7 Apr 2020Land between Ingleby Lane and 55 Main Street, Ticknall, DE73 7JF
Received 7 Apr 2020Tower House, Porters Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AP
Received 30 Mar 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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