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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Land adjacent to 19 Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TT
Received 8 Apr 202018 Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SX
Received 8 Apr 2020Footbridge over National Forest Line between Cumberland Road, Stapenhill and Galloway Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 27 Mar 2020Rectory Farm, Park Lane, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BR
Received 8 Apr 2020Land adjacent to 42 Main Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EZ
Received 9 Apr 2020Land at SK2914 8297, Acresford Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6HX
Received 9 Apr 2020Outbuilding at Mill Farm, 25 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 9 Apr 2020Magnolia Cottage, Unnamed Road From Long Lane To Dalbury Hollow, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BE
Received 10 Apr 2020Bonehills Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 13 Apr 202045 Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GG
Received 13 Apr 2020194 Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EH
Received 30 Mar 202015, Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FL
Received 14 Apr 2020Conifer Kennels and Cattery, 1 Chellaston Cottages, Swarkestone Road, Weston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2BU
Received 14 Apr 202045, Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GG
Received 14 Apr 2020Newton House, Newton Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RY
Received 15 Apr 2020222 Burton Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JR
Received 16 Apr 2020Ivy Cottage, Burntheath Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FE
Received 16 Apr 2020Land at Court Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JJ
Received 16 Apr 2020Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 16 Apr 2020Whitehaven Lodge, Grassy Lane, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LN
Received 17 Apr 2020Unit 20, Station Yard, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BQ
Received 17 Apr 20205 Pingle Farm Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0QZ
Received 20 Apr 2020133, Twyford Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DG
Received 20 Apr 202036, Elmlands Close, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AL
Received 20 Apr 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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