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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52, High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GF
Received 27 Oct 20208, Blenheim Mews, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6PU
Received 27 Oct 2020Weston House, Bridge Lane, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BU
Received 28 Oct 2020230 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BQ
Received 27 May 202149 Westwood Park, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0RS
Received 17 Jun 202131 Main Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EQ
Received 18 Jun 202150 Potter Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DW
Received 16 Jun 20214, Poplars Farm, Twyford Road, Barrow on Trent, Derby, DE73 7HJ
Received 16 Jun 202133 Main Street, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GG
Received 18 Jun 202112 Regent Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9PL
Received 18 Jun 2021Willow Farm, 16 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AX
Received 21 Jun 2021Bretby Business Park, Bretby House, Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0YZ
Received 21 Jun 202111 Willow Park Way, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2DF
Received 21 Jun 2021Holly Grange, 47 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 21 Jun 202155 Sage Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JX
Received 21 Jun 202157 Church Lane, Barrow on Trent, Derby, DE73 7HB
Received 21 Jun 2021Watch Trees, Robinsons Hill, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DJ
Received 21 Jun 2021Land off Church Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote
Received 21 Jun 2021Home Farm, Home Farm Drive, Foston, Derby, DE65 5DL
Received 21 Jun 2021Overfields Farm , Unnamed Road From Coton Road To Church Street, Coton In The Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8LW
Received 21 Jun 20211 Grove Court, Thulston, Derby,DE72 3WF
Received 21 Jun 20216 Outram Way, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3EH
Received 22 Jun 2021Land north of Lullington, Swadlincote
Received 22 Jun 2021Land at SK3726 8532, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DE
Received 23 Jun 2021Records 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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