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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
328 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7ND
Received 16 Jun 20205 The City, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DH
Received 16 Jun 202052 Heath Way, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EP
Received 5 Jun 202021 Park Road, Stanton, Swadlincote, DE15 9TW
Received 16 Jun 2020Land rear of 53 and 67 Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ET
Received 16 Jun 202028 Hassall Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5HL
Received 16 Jun 202030 Weston Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AS
Received 16 Jun 202026 MARKET PLACE, MELBOURNE, DERBY, DE73 8DS
Received 22 May 202060 Weston Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AS
Received 17 Jun 20201 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DU
Received 17 Jun 2020Land at SK3925 1974, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby
Received 3 Jun 202030 Hall Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 5DR
Received 25 May 202075 Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FN
Received 17 Jun 2020Land at SK3528 8771, Barrow Lane, Swarkestone, Derby
Received 17 Jun 20201 The Pipeworks, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9FQ
Received 18 Jun 2020Drakelow C Power Station, Walton Road, Drakelow
Received 22 May 2020Pickstock Abattoir, 2 Coal Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7FN
Received 18 Jun 2020Land at SK3219 4280 (Hill Top Farm, Woodville), Goseley Avenue, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 18 Jun 202060 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton on Trent, DE15 0QW
Received 5 Jun 20202 Avon Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3AP
Received 19 Jun 20206 Mallow Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3EJ
Received 19 Jun 2020The Close, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 19 Jun 202047 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 19 Jun 2020139 Weston Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BA
Received 22 Jun 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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