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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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38 Forest View, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6GZ
Received 21 Dec 202010 Aires Hollow, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2EN
Received 21 Dec 2020Land at SK3925 1974, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LH
Received 21 Dec 2020Boulton Moor Primary School, Woodsford Drive, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 21 Dec 202041 Main Street, Ambaston, Derby, DE72 3ES
Received 22 Dec 202023 Old Hall Gardens, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9PA
Received 22 Dec 2020Spring Farm, Brook Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AH
Received 8 Dec 2020Land adjacent to No 6 The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BT
Received 22 Dec 2020Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 22 Dec 202011 Sage Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JX
Received 22 Dec 20202 Russell Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8HW
Received 16 Nov 20206 Newton Close, Newton Solney, DE15 0SL
Received 23 Dec 202012, Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0TD
Received 23 Dec 202040 Hearthcote Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9DU
Received 18 Dec 2020Land between The Cedars and The Stables, Shardlow Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AN
Received 23 Dec 2020Depot 3, Keith Willsheet Way, Swadlincote, DE11 9EN
Received 15 Dec 202064, Main Street,Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 23 Dec 2020Heathers, Repton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SG
Received 24 Dec 2020The Dovecote, Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 19 Nov 2020King George V Playing Field, Willington Road, Findern, DE65 6AS
Received 24 Dec 2020Windmill Cottage, Swarkestone Road, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6UD
Received 30 Dec 2020Ye Olde Packhorse Inn, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BZ
Received 30 Dec 202035 Newman Drive, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9RP
Received 4 Jan 2021Common Farm, B587 From Robinsons Hill To County Boundary, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
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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