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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 adjacent to The Mandarin Restaurant Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FJ
Received 23 Dec 2020140 Burton Road, Woodville, Derbyshire, DE11 7JW
Received 4 Jan 20212 Spinney Lodge, Repton, Derby, DE65 6PH
Received 25 Nov 2020The Bungalow, Dovesite, The Common, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DH
Received 5 Jan 202196 Springfield Road, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0BX
Received 5 Jan 2021Archway House, 103 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 5 Jan 202119 Wilmot Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9BH
Received 6 Jan 2021Land at Cadley Park, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote
Received 6 Jan 20219 Ash Close, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BY
Received 7 Jan 2021Willington Sports Pavilion, Twyford Road, Willington, DE65 6BN
Received 7 Jan 20218 Midway Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NR
Received 8 Jan 202115 Marlpit Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JY
Received 8 Jan 2021102 Ingleby Road, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HU
Received 8 Jan 202121 Normandy Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GW
Received 8 Jan 202146 Hall Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QU
Received 26 Nov 2020Land at Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, DE11 7EX
Received 8 Jan 2021Parcel of land adjacent to pumping station, off Station Road, Melbourne, DE73 8BQ
Received 8 Jan 20213 Hambledon Drive, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3BD
Received 7 Jan 202125 Blanchcroft, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8GG
Received 11 Jan 2021ST Wystans Vicarage, 24 Willington Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FH
Received 8 Jan 2021Former Gale's Yard, Church Street, Melbourne, DE73 8EJ
Received 8 Jan 2021Manor Barn, Lullington Road, Coton in the Elms, Swadlincote DE12 8EP
Received 5 Jan 20217 Escolme Close, Swadlincote, DE11 8LU
Received 8 Jan 2021St Giles Church, Church Lane, Caldwell, Swadlincote, DE12 6RT
Received 8 Jan 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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