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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Thulston Fields Farm, Snelsmoor Lane, Thulston, Derby
Received 4 Sept 2020Land at Drakelow Business Park, Walton Road, Drakelow
Received 7 Sept 2020Two Hoots, The Common, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DH
Received 8 Sept 2020Land between Deep Dale Lane and Infinity Park Way, Sinfin, Derby
Received 7 Sept 2020The Old Rectory, Trusley, Ashbourne, DE6 5JG
Received 4 Sept 2020Oaklands Farm, Sutton Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5DE
Received 8 Sept 2020Turnbarrel House, Turnbarrel, Melbourne, Turnbarrel, Derby DE73 8FD
Received 8 Sept 202024, Queensway, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FG
Received 9 Sept 2020Nose Bag Cafe adjacent to Oak lodge, 43 Uttoxeter Rd, Foston, Derby DE65 5PX
Received 9 Sept 20206 Park Lane, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BR
Received 9 Sept 202024, Galloway Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote, DE15 9UJ
Received 9 Sept 2020Land to the South and East of Rykneld Road, Hollybrook Way, Portico Road and Bowbank Close (Highfields Farm), Findern, Derby
Received 9 Sept 2020The Granary, Elms Farm, Main Street, Ingleby, Derby DE73 7HW
Received 9 Sept 2020Egginton Hall, Church Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HP
Received 9 Sept 202047, and 47A West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DN
Received 10 Sept 2020The land north west of 90, High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 10 Sept 202050, High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GF
Received 11 Sept 20202, Robinson Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0QT
Received 11 Sept 20201, The Mews, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LQ
Received 11 Sept 2020Arleston House Farm, Arleston Lane, Barrow On Trent, Derby, DE73 7HN
Received 11 Sept 202038 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 11 Sept 2020Land at SK2730 1591, East of Egginton Road and North of Jacksons Lane, Etwall, Derby
Received 11 Sept 202014 Brook End, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FW
Received 11 Sept 202061 Bretby Hollow, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0UE
Received 11 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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