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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bladon House School, Newton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0TA
Received 11 Jan 202115 West Avenue, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FY
Received 12 Jan 2021Ash Ley, Main Street, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8ED
Received 12 Jan 202130 Hay Wain Lane, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0XJ
Received 11 Jan 2021Clares Folly, Sutton Lane, Hilton, DE65 5FE
Received 12 Jan 2021Highfields Farm, Heage Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LS
Received 21 Dec 2020Old Chapel House, Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 11 Jan 202151 Jubilee Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GR
Received 12 Jan 20217 Newhall Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BA
Received 13 Jan 2021Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BG
Received 13 Jan 2021Askew House, Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 12 Jan 2021Little Meadow Farm, Off Airfield Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AY
Received 12 Jan 202119 Derwent Close, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5AD
Received 13 Jan 2021Land Adjacent to 2 Pine Walk, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote DE11 9JW
Received 13 Jan 202118 Springfield Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GN
Received 13 Jan 202130 Anglia Drive, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JR
Received 13 Jan 2021Land at Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, DE11 7EX
Received 14 Jan 2021Arleston House Farm, Arleston Lane, Arleston DE73 7HN
Received 11 Dec 202018 Midland Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0AL
Received 15 Jan 202130 High Street, Repton, DE65 6GD
Received 15 Jan 20212 Church Cottages, Church Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BD
Received 15 Jan 2021Unit 1, Tetron Point, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 15 Jan 2021Oak Tree Farm, Ticknall Road, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EG
Received 15 Jan 2021Oak Tree Farm, Ticknall Road, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EG
Received 15 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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