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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land north side to Bridge Barn, Derby Road, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JB
Received 18 Nov 202017 Main Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EQ
Received 17 Nov 202038 Willington Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NR
Received 18 Nov 2020Chantry House, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8EJ
Received 17 Nov 202052 Hillside, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AW
Received 18 Nov 202043 Askew Grove, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GR
Received 18 Nov 2020Brickyard Cottage, 183 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 18 Nov 20204 Aston Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GX
Received 21 Oct 2020Three Trees, 46a Main Street, Walton on Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 18 Nov 202016 Darklands Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0PG
Received 19 Nov 202029 Chestnut Way, Repton, Derby,, DE65 6FQ
Received 19 Nov 20203 Well Lane, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6EY
Received 19 Nov 202071 Merlin Way, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UJ
Received 19 Nov 2020The Dovecote, Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 19 Nov 2020Meadow Farm, Woodshop Lane, Swarkestone, Derby DE73 7JA
Received 19 Nov 2020Hollies Farm, Trentside, Swarkestone, Derbyshire, DE73 7GU
Received 19 Nov 2020188 Linton Heath, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PE
Received 19 Nov 20204 Field Avenue, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EQ
Received 19 Nov 20208 Derby Hills Farm Court, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EE
Received 19 Nov 2020Land at SK2430 7995 Derby Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FP
Received 19 Nov 202024 Templar Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3EL
Received 20 Nov 2020Common Farm, B587 From Robinsons Hill To County Boundary, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 20 Nov 2020Silsden, Coton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NL
Received 20 Nov 20203 Well Lane, Repton DE65 6EY
Received 20 Nov 2020Records 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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