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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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26 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 4 Dec 202012 Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5DW
Received 8 Jan 2021Walton Hall, Main Street, Walton on Trent, DE12 8LZ
Received 8 Dec 202053 Glenn Way, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GZ
Received 18 Jan 20217 Hall Park, Barrow on Trent, Derby, DE73 7HD
Received 18 Jan 202117 Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 18 Jan 2021Broadfield, Thorn Tree Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LW
Received 18 Jan 20217 Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8GG
Received 18 Jan 2021Westview, The Common, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DH
Received 18 Jan 2021Lower Barn, Ingleby Road, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HT
Received 4 Dec 202072 The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BU
Received 18 Jan 2021Land east of Lincoln Way and Salisbury Drive, Midway, Swadlincote
Received 18 Jan 202154 Main Street, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PZ
Received 18 Jan 2021Tetron Point, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 18 Jan 202118 Monsom Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FX
Received 18 Jan 2021Gamekeepers Cottage, Mount Pleasant Farm, Sutton Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5DE
Received 19 Jan 202138 Mount Pleasant Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GQ
Received 19 Jan 202149, Brook Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AH
Received 4 Dec 2020Land at SK 2513 8516, South West of Woodfield Farm, Grangewood, Swadlincote, DE12 8BH
Received 18 Jan 2021Land adjacent to Glebe Farm, Swarkestone Road, Weston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2BU
Received 19 Jan 202137 South Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GB
Received 20 Jan 2021Tissington House, Church Broughton Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PW
Received 19 Jan 2021The Cow, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BE
Received 20 Jan 2021Ash Farm, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HT
Received 20 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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