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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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356 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7ND
Received 23 Jun 20218 Woodmans Croft, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5QQ
Received 23 Jun 2021Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elvaston, DE72 3EP
Received 23 Jun 2021Roger Bullivant Ltd R B Walton Park, Hearthcote Road, Swadlincote , DE11 9DU
Received 24 Jun 20212 West Lodge, Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0ST
Received 24 Jun 2021H Thorley And Sons Haulage, Sutton Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FE
Received 24 Jun 202122 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 24 Jun 2021Land adjacent to 22 Millfield Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DB
Received 25 Jun 2021Bladon House School, Newton Road, Newton Solney, Burton on Trent, DE15 0TA
Received 25 Jun 202123 York Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QG
Received 25 Jun 2021Thulston Fields Farm, Snelsmoor Lane, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3FB
Received 25 Jun 2021The Lock House, Canal Bank, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GL
Received 28 Jun 2021Woodward Electrical Limited, Park Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QE
Received 28 Jun 202120 Old Marston Lane, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5DY
Received 25 Jun 2021239 Woodland Road , Stanton , Burton-on-Trent , DE15 9SU
Received 7 Jun 2021Land at Snelsmoor Lane, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 28 Jun 202111 Main Street, Walton on Trent, Derby, DE12 8LY
Received 29 Jun 2021Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 29 Jun 2021Hillside, The Square, Bretby, Swadlincote, DE15 0RF
Received 24 Jun 2021Cluckinghen Palace Farm, Mount Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9ES
Received 28 Jun 202120 Main Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ES
Received 25 Jun 2021Chantry House, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 30 Jun 2021The Green Man Public House, 1 Canal Bridge, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BQ
Received 30 Jun 2021105 Merlin Way, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UJ
Received 29 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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