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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Shades Farm, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 20 Jan 2021Land at entrance to Foremark Pumping Station
Received 20 Jan 2021Land adjacent 73 Twyford Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DE
Received 21 Jan 20211 Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BZ
Received 21 Jan 202114 Barbon Drive, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0AW
Received 21 Jan 20213 Finch Crescent, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0TT
Received 21 Jan 2021Penn Gate, Salisbury Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ER
Received 21 Jan 202120 Glenmore Drive, Stenson Fields, Derb, DE24 3HE
Received 21 Jan 2021Land at New House Farm, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 11 May 201928 Peniston Rise, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EZ
Received 21 Jan 20215 Wren Way, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UF
Received 22 Jan 2021Land at SK2918 7015 Church Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote
Received 12 Jan 202161 Springwood Farm Road, Midway, Swadlincote DE11 0XE
Received 16 Dec 2020The Park Beech Cottage, Shardlow Hall, London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GP
Received 22 Jan 2021Black Firtree Farm, Unnamed Road From The Green To Radbourne Common, Radbourne, Derby, DE6 5BE
Received 25 Jan 2021Malt House Farm, Coton Lane, Rosliston, Derby, DE12 8HN
Received 25 Jan 2021LAND AT SK3931 2744, Mill Hill, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 21 Jan 202148a The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 25 Jan 202148 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 25 Jan 2021Land off Hoon Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FZ
Received 7 Dec 2020Easton House, 44 The Pastures, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GG
Received 25 Jan 2021Etwall Common, Land at SK 2730 1591, East of Egginton Road and North of Jacksons Lane, Etwall Common, Derby
Received 25 Jan 202134, Linnet Hill, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0SJ
Received 25 Jan 20211 Wood Farm Lane, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JY
Received 25 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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