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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Willington Nature Reserve, Repton Road, Willington, Derby
Received 15 Jul 202011B Eggington Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FG
Received 15 Jul 202023 Hamilton Drive, Swadlincote, DE11 7NS
Received 15 Jul 202022 Chapel Street, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HZ
Received 16 Jul 2020The Coach House, Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elevaston, Derby, DE72 3EP
Received 23 Jun 20207 The Pastures, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GG
Received 16 Jul 2020Land at SK2132 3200 Miry Lane, Church Broughton, Foston, Derby
Received 16 Jul 202014 Morley Walk, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9DQ
Received 25 Jun 2020Land adjacent 73 Twyford Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DE
Received 16 Jul 2020Lodge Hill Farm, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AL
Received 25 Jun 2020Grangewood Farm, Grangewood, Swadlincote, DE12 8BG
Received 16 Jul 2020244 Hillside Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HE
Received 16 Jul 20202 Newtons Cottages, Leathersley Lane, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PN
Received 17 Jul 202028 Sandpiper Lane, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UU
Received 17 Jul 2020The Croft, 4 Main Street, Ambaston, Derby, DE72 3ES
Received 17 Jul 20203 Church Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9NP
Received 20 Jul 202031 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 20 Jul 20202 Blackwell Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JG
Received 20 Jul 2020Land adjacent to 90 Burton Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EW
Received 29 Jun 2020Aston on Trent Primary School, Long Croft, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2UH
Received 20 Jul 2020Newlands House, Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DA
Received 21 Jul 2020Royal Oak Amateur Boxing Club, Orchard Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0JS
Received 21 Jul 202017 Alexandra Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LL
Received 22 Jul 2020Former Dilkes Garage Site, Hill Street, Swadlincote
Received 25 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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