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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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26 Sandcliffe Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PH
Received 24 Aug 20218 Potters Yard, Potter Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8HX
Received 24 Aug 2021Catherine Jonathan Playing Fields, Land to the rear of 42 Church Road, Egginton, Derbyshire
Received 28 Oct 202032, Main Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ES
Received 29 Oct 202037 LAWN AVENUE, ETWALL, DERBY, DE65 6JB
Received 14 Oct 202031, Wilne Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HA
Received 30 Oct 20209-11 The Old Mill House, Millfield, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HD
Received 30 Oct 2020Land to the rear of 9 Heritage Close, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9AB
Received 30 Oct 20208, Siskin Close, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UL
Received 30 Oct 2020Old Burial Ground, Castle Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DY
Received 2 Nov 20209 Bretby Hollow, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0UE
Received 2 Nov 2020Thomas Cook Memorial Garden, High Street, Melbourne , Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 2 Nov 2020Honeysuckle Barn, 138 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 2 Nov 202071, Victoria Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FR
Received 2 Nov 20202 Plover Court, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UN
Received 2 Nov 2020Calke Abbey, Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LE
Received 2 Nov 2020Cedar House, 41, Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SJ
Received 2 Nov 2020Stonehouse Cottage, Ashby Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7BP
Received 2 Nov 2020Garton House, Ingleby Road, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HT
Received 3 Nov 202011 Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GG
Received 5 Oct 202033, Hall Park, Barrow On Trent, Derby, DE73 7HD
Received 3 Nov 2020Land to the rear of 230 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BQ
Received 3 Nov 2020The Old Rectory, Station Lane, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NA
Received 3 Nov 2020Egginton Hall, Church Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HP
Received 3 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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