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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Walton Hall, Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 12 May 2020The Homestead, Weston Road, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BH
Received 12 May 2020Shades Farm, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 13 May 2020Broom Hills, Calke Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DL
Received 13 May 2020Longlands Farm, Cauldwell Road, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6RY
Received 13 May 2020St Wilfrid's Church, Church Lane, Barrow On Trent, Derby, DE73 7HB
Received 14 May 2020Land at SK2934 8494 West of Ladybank Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire
Received 14 May 2020The Rectory, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 14 May 2020Rosemount, Derby Road, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2RG
Received 14 May 2020Buildings Farm, Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AU
Received 14 May 2020School House, The Green, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RE
Received 15 May 202011 Longlands Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PL
Received 29 Apr 2020Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 15 May 202015, Maple Drive, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2DG
Received 15 May 2020W M Morrisons, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9AA
Received 15 May 2020Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd, Unnamed road leading from roundabout on A50 and A38 Interchange to Industrial Works, Burnaston, Derby, DE1 9TA
Received 15 May 202082, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 18 May 2020Breach Gorse Farm, Breach Lane, Sudbury, Ashbourne, DE6 5HH
Received 18 May 202015, Canal Bank, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GL
Received 18 May 2020Aingarth Cottage, Hills Lane, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HY
Received 18 May 20204A, Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 18 May 2020The Old Mill, Pool Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8AA
Received 18 May 2020Breach Gorse Farm, Breach Lane, Sudbury, Ashbourne, DE6 5HH
Received 18 May 2020Land at Snelsmoor Lane, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 18 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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