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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Willowfields, Hilton, Derby , DE65 5GU
Received 9 Jun 202010 Maple Drive, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2DG
Received 9 Jun 2020Betty's Farm, The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BU
Received 2 Jul 202041 Victoria Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FR
Received 2 Jul 2020Highfields Spencer Academy, Tutbury Avenue, Littleover, Derby, DE23 3UX
Received 2 Jul 202087 Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TN
Received 2 Jul 2020Longdon Park School, Hilton Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6GU
Received 2 Jun 2020The Greyhound Inn, 149 Ashby Road, Boundary, Swadlincote, DE11 7BU
Received 3 Jul 20205 Pinfold Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GH
Received 3 Jul 202014 Henshall Drive, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6WU
Received 6 Jul 2020Grange Farm, Ferry Lane, Twyford, DE73 7HJ
Received 6 Jul 2020Keepers Cottage, Uttoxeter Road, Foston Village, Derby, DE65 5DL
Received 6 Jul 2020Land to the rear of 45 Bells End Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NF
Received 6 Jul 2020Land south of The Mease, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire
Received 6 Jul 202029 Trent Lane, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BT
Received 6 Jul 2020665 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DL
Received 9 Jun 20203 Hamilton Terrace, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DH
Received 6 Jul 20202 New Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9PS
Received 9 Jun 2020Ashwood, Swadlincote Lane, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EF
Received 3 Jul 20201 Cinderlands Cottage, Cauldwell Road, Caldwell, Swadlincote, DE12 6RU
Received 3 Jul 2020Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK LTD, Burnaston, Derby, DE1 9TA
Received 6 Jul 202017 Walton Close, Swadlincote, DE11 9SH
Received 7 Jul 2020Tower House, Porters Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AP
Received 7 Jul 20204 Grove Park, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NS
Received 12 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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