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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 15 Jun 2015 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Heathers, Repton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SG
Received 30 Apr 2020Burbage, Etwall Lane, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LF
Received 30 Apr 2020Danes Lodge, Etwall Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6HE
Received 30 Apr 2020Land at Broomy Farm (east of Lincoln Way and Salisbury Drive), Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 1 May 202032 Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DA
Received 22 Apr 202089 MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD, CASTLE GRESLEY, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 9JE
Received 22 Apr 202011, Wilne Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HA
Received 4 May 202043 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 4 May 202014 Victoria Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8DY
Received 4 May 202027, Thorpe Downs Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FB
Received 5 May 202041 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SJ
Received 5 May 202064 Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7HZ
Received 5 May 2020Village Hall, The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GH
Received 6 May 202055 Bretby Hollow, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0UE
Received 6 May 2020Land adjacent to 59, Ashby Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7BZ
Received 7 May 2020Land to the rear of Walton Hall SK2117 5882, Coton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 7 May 2020Land to the rear of Walton Hall, SK2117 5882, Coton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 7 May 2020Broughton Heath Golf Course, Bent Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BA
Received 11 May 2020Twin Oaks, Coton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LP
Received 11 May 2020Breach Farm, Cadley Lane, Caldwell, Swadlincote, DE12 6RJ
Received 11 May 202012 Ashbourne Drive, Castle Gresley Swadlincote, DE11 9LL
Received 28 Apr 202029, Ashby Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7BZ
Received 11 May 2020Park Farm, Woodland Road, Stanton, Swadlincote, DE15 9TN
Received 11 May 2020Unit 1, Southwood House Farm, Staunton Lane, Calke, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1RG
Received 12 May 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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