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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3, Hall Croft Avenue, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JF
Received 4 Nov 2020Land at Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne
Received 4 Nov 2020Quarry Edge, Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ES
Received 4 Nov 202031 Market Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DA
Received 4 Nov 2020Land off William Nadin Way, Swadlincote
Received 5 Nov 202064, George Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9NZ
Received 5 Nov 202056, George Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9NZ
Received 5 Nov 2020Land At Sk2628 6240, Duck Street, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HG
Received 5 Nov 202022 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SJ
Received 5 Nov 202095 Lansdowne Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9EA
Received 6 Nov 20205, Chesterfield Drive, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QF
Received 6 Nov 202021 Chestnut Way, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FQ
Received 6 Nov 2020Bank House Farm, 90 Main Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FB
Received 6 Nov 2020A38 Northbound Egginton Services, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6GY
Received 6 Nov 2020Dove Herb Farm, Burton Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6GZ
Received 6 Nov 2020Bettys Farm, The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BU
Received 6 Nov 202050, Thorn Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DN
Received 9 Nov 20209, Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LY
Received 9 Nov 2020Broughton House, 141 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HA
Received 9 Nov 202027 Rodney Close, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GX
Received 9 Nov 2020Land at SK2918 7280 York Road,off York Road Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 0AH
Received 9 Nov 2020Shades Farm, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 9 Nov 20202 Derwent Court, Wilne Lane, Great Wilne, Derby DE72 2HF
Received 13 Oct 2020Vale House, 100, Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EP
Received 10 Nov 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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