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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land at SK2923 5475 (Knights Lodges), Knights Lane, Bretby, Derbyshire, DE15 0RT
Received 1 Sept 20206 Glendon Road, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3LT
Received 1 Sept 20201 Calder Close, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5HR
Received 2 Sept 2020Land at SK2819 1873 (Site C), William Nadin Way, Swadlincote
Received 2 Sept 2020Badger Farm, Willowpit Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FN
Received 2 Sept 20201 Manor Gardens, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6AB
Received 3 Sept 2020169 Swarkestone Road, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6UD
Received 3 Sept 20201 Tower Farm, Swarkestone Road, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BU
Received 3 Sept 2020252, Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QR
Received 4 Sept 20201 Woodcock Square, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0BY
Received 4 Sept 20208, Yew Tree Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EX
Received 4 Sept 2020Tower House, Porters Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AP
Received 12 Aug 20204 Cherry Tree Close, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FD
Received 4 Sept 20208, Lodge Estate, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AH
Received 4 Sept 2020White Cottage, Commonpiece Lane, Cropper, Ashbourne, DE6 5JF
Received 7 Sept 202057, Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 7 Sept 202011 Quick Hill Road, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3JB
Received 7 Sept 202035, Mallard Walk, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0TF
Received 7 Sept 2020Hinton Grange, Sutton Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LQ
Received 7 Sept 2020Hollytree House, Church Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0HY
Received 7 Sept 2020Land off Etwall Road, Mickleover Derby
Received 7 Sept 2020Land to the south west of Holmleigh Way, Chellaston, Derby
Received 7 Sept 202030 The Bancroft, Etwall, Derby DE65 6NE
Received 7 Sept 2020Poplars Grove, Unnamed Road From Long Lane to Dalbury Hollow, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BE
Received 12 Aug 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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