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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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32 Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 2 Aug 20211 Chapel Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EH
Received 2 Aug 2021Land at Knights Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RT
Received 2 Aug 2021Shades Farm, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 2 Aug 2021The Close, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 2 Aug 2021The Poplars, Repton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SG
Received 3 Aug 202174 Castle Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DY
Received 3 Aug 202144 Commerce Street, Melbourne, Derby , DE73 8FT
Received 3 Aug 2021WM Morrisons Supermarkets PLC, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 8HL
Received 3 Aug 2021Shades Farm, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 3 Aug 2021Grafton House, Lullington Road, Coton In The Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EW
Received 3 Aug 2021Smisby Manor, Annwell Lane, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TA
Received 3 Aug 2021Land to the north of the Royle Farm Business Park, Caldwell Road , Burton-on-Trent
Received 3 Aug 2021108 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 3 Aug 202138 Hall Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DR
Received 3 Aug 2021The Corner, Barrow Lane, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7GR
Received 3 Aug 202165 Castle Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire,DE73 8DY
Received 3 Aug 2021The Bungalow, Trent Lane, Weston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2BT
Received 3 Aug 2021Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 4 Aug 2021Rye Close Farm, Duck Street, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HG
Received 4 Aug 20212 Milton Waterworks Cottages, Ingleby Lane, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EH
Received 5 Aug 202119 Main Street, Findern ,Derby DE65 6AG
Received 5 Aug 2021Hill Farm, Knights Lane, Repton, Derby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RT
Received 5 Aug 2021Cofton, 1 Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 5 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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