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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Vale House, 100 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8EP
Received 29 Jul 202035 Trent Avenue, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DN
Received 29 Jul 2020Land to the rear of 102 Bernard Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8BY
Received 19 Aug 2020Thulston Fields Farm, Snelsmoor Lane, Thulston, Derby
Received 19 Aug 2020Basford Hill Farmhouse, Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JJ
Received 20 Aug 2020663 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DL
Received 17 Aug 2020Woodhouse Business Centre, Woodhouse Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8ED
Received 20 Aug 2020Brookley Meadows, Unnamed Road From Long Lane To Thurvaston Lane, Thurvaston, Ashbourne, DE6 5BL
Received 20 Aug 20209 Brambling Crescent, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UT
Received 19 Aug 202014 Hall Park, Barrow on Trent, Derby, DE73 7HD
Received 14 Aug 20201 East End Drive, Swadlincote, DE11 8LL
Received 21 Aug 202018 William Newton Close, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HN
Received 19 Aug 202016 Main Street, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FF
Received 21 Aug 2020The Close, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 21 Aug 2020Land to the rear of 1 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 19 Aug 202071 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 17 Aug 202041 Willow Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0NW
Received 20 Aug 20208 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 24 Aug 202035 Repton Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BX
Received 24 Aug 202059 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 24 Aug 20201 School Row, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 24 Aug 20207 Forge Close, Repton, Derby, DE65 6WR
Received 24 Aug 202037 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 24 Aug 202029 Old Station Close, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6PQ
Received 21 Sept 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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