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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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34 Church Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8LN
Received 17 Aug 20215 The Green, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7GY
Received 17 Aug 2021Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EP
Received 17 Aug 20218 Oak Road, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3EW
Received 17 Aug 202184 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GF
Received 17 Aug 202119a Weston Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AS
Received 17 Aug 2021Gresley Old Hall Community Centre, Gresley Wood Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QW
Received 18 Aug 202133 Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 18 Aug 2021Common Farm , Ashby Road, Melbourne, DE73 8DN
Received 18 Aug 2021New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 18 Aug 202164 Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TU
Received 19 Aug 2021Corraithe, Woodshop Lane, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JA
Received 20 Aug 2021The Croft, Church Broughton Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PW
Received 23 Aug 20211 Windmill Close, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AJ
Received 23 Aug 2021Home Farm, Home Farm Drive, Foston, Derby, DE65 5DL
Received 23 Aug 20217 Rosliston Road South, Drakelow, Swadlincote, DE15 9UD
Received 23 Aug 2021179 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 23 Aug 2021Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 23 Aug 2021Magnolia House, Unnamed Section Of A514 From B587 To Swarkestone Bridge, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HS
Received 23 Aug 2021162 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BA
Received 23 Aug 2021Land to the rear of 58 York Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QQ
Received 23 Aug 20212 Marston Old Lane, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5DY
Received 11 Aug 20212 Mill Fleam, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5HE
Received 24 Aug 2021248 Hearthcote Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9DU
Received 24 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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