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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 to the rear of 86 Wilmot Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9BJ
Received 22 Jul 2020Brook House, 39 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 21 Jul 202014 The Paddock, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AP
Received 22 Jul 202042 Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 23 Jul 2020Land adjacent to Behind The Hills, Hills Lane, Stanton by Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HY
Received 21 Jul 2020485A Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NB
Received 21 Jul 20203 Beech Grove, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0NH
Received 23 Jul 202034, Oaks Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DU
Received 23 Jul 202023 Salisbury Drive, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7LD
Received 2 Jul 202020-22 Twyford Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DE
Received 28 Jul 2020Land at SK3528 8771, Barrow Lane, Swarkestone, Derby
Received 7 Jul 202022 Mill Green, The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2WE
Received 27 Jul 2020The Shires, Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7BF
Received 27 Jul 202011 The Green, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BP
Received 27 Jul 20207 Yew Tree Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0NL
Received 7 Jul 2020Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 27 Jul 2020Forest View, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DG
Received 27 Jul 2020Land to the South of The Mease (Phase 3), Hilton, Derby
Received 28 Jul 2020Land at Boulton Moor, Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 28 Jul 202012 Cowlishaw Close, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GS
Received 28 Jul 2020Hornbeam Building, Hearthcote Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9DU
Received 28 Jul 202039 Potters Croft, Swadlincote, DE11 0WD
Received 29 Jul 20203 The Mansion, Aston Hall Drive, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2DE
Received 29 Jul 2020Bramble House, Main Street, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8EG
Received 29 Jul 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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