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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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53 Hamble Way, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5NT
Received 14 Sept 202023 Cotswold Close, Swadlincote, DE11 9ET
Received 13 Jul 202027, Yew Tree Gardens, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JG
Received 14 Sept 202045 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GF
Received 14 Sept 2020Land rear of 30 & 32 Common Side and north of Penkridge Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote
Received 14 Sept 2020Land to the rear of 17 Stanley Close, Netherseal, DE12 8BW
Received 14 Sept 2020Quill International Industries, Castle Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JB
Received 14 Sept 2020Sycamore Farm House, Church Broughton Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PW
Received 15 Sept 202030 Main Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EZ
Received 15 Sept 2020Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7EY
Received 17 Aug 202052 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 15 Sept 202028 New Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0SP
Received 16 Sept 20201, Fir Tree Drive, Barrow On Trent, Derby, DE73 7GF
Received 16 Sept 2020Yew Tree Farm, Back Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Ashbourne, DE6 5JL
Received 16 Sept 20202 Northfield, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3JW
Received 16 Sept 202034 Oversetts Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0SJ
Received 16 Sept 2020Land at Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7EY
Received 16 Sept 202014 Holdon Croft, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JR
Received 17 Sept 2020Land at SK1931 2286, Uttoxeter Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PJ
Received 17 Sept 2020The Close, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 21 Aug 20204, Woodlands Close, Swadlincote, DE11 9SY
Received 21 Sept 202017, Marston Brook, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5HS
Received 21 Sept 20202 Malmesbury Avenue, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PS
Received 21 Sept 2020Land at SK3931 2744, Mill Hill, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 18 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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