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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land between No 37 Linton Road and Bass's Crescent, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HW
Received 10 Aug 2021Broomy Farm, Land at Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 11 Aug 20212 Millfield, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HD
Received 11 Aug 202162 Canterbury Drive, Littleover, Derby, DE23 3AJ
Received 11 Aug 2021Holly Cottage, 2 Trent Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SF
Received 11 Aug 202157A Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TU
Received 9 Aug 201812 Mill Close, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NU
Received 12 Aug 202121 Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DA
Received 11 Aug 2021Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 12 Aug 2021Land at SK2628 6240 , Duck Street, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HJ
Received 12 Aug 2021The Market Cross, Market Place, Melbourne
Received 12 Aug 202172 Glenmore Drive, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3HT
Received 13 Aug 2021Land At SK2531 3702, Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby
Received 13 Aug 2021Land Adjacent to The Mandarin Chinese Restaurant, Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby DE65 5FJ
Received 13 Aug 2021Plots 5 and P2 - 01, Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BG
Received 13 Aug 2021Middle Hayes, Green Lane, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JP
Received 16 Aug 20217 Derby Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AE
Received 16 Aug 2021The Woodlands, Coton Lane, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8EJ
Received 16 Aug 2021199 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote DE11 0EA
Received 16 Aug 20212 Mallard Walk, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0TF
Received 16 Aug 202138 Queensway, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FG
Received 16 Aug 2021Holmleigh, Forties Lane, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2SN
Received 9 Aug 2021196 Burton Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JR
Received 9 Aug 2021120 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 17 Aug 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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