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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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27 Wood Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QB
Received 19 Jul 2021Land at SK3221 9755 Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 19 Jul 202180 Hillside, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AW
Received 19 Jul 20211 Bells End Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8ND
Received 19 Jul 202136 The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BT
Received 19 Jul 2021The Coach House, Chapel Lane, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PS
Received 19 Jul 2021165 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JJ
Received 19 Jul 2021Japonica Cottage, 86 Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JJ
Received 20 Jul 2021Broughton House, 141 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HA
Received 22 Jun 2021Land near Brandons Poultry Farm, Unnamed Road From Cote Bottom Lane to Bent Lane, Heathtop, Derby, DE65 5AY
Received 5 Jul 202148 Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 20 Jul 2021Grove Lodge, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote, DE15 9TY
Received 20 Jul 2021New Inn, The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 20 Jul 20215 Rodney Close, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GX
Received 21 Jul 20212 Repton Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AF
Received 21 Jul 202195 Linton Heath, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PD
Received 22 Jul 202116 Alders Brook, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5HF
Received 23 Jul 20213 Mill Pond Close, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5LU
Received 23 Jul 2021105 Springfield Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BX
Received 23 Jul 202116 Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SX
Received 23 Jul 202148 Harbin Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NG
Received 26 Jul 20212 Blackwell Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JG
Received 26 Jul 20218 Wilne Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HA
Received 26 Jul 202144 Lewisham Drive, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9GN
Received 26 Jul 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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