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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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14 Bolton Way, Littleover, Derby, DE23 3AW
Received 3 Feb 202126 Monsom Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FX
Received 2 Feb 202116A Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 3 Feb 2021Land near Brandons Poultry Farm, Unnamed Road From Cote Bottom Lane to Bent Lane, Heathtop, Derby, DE65 5AY
Received 3 Feb 2021Land At Sk2918 7280, York Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QG
Received 3 Feb 2021New House Farm, Old Etwall Road, Mickleover, DE3 0AE
Received 3 Feb 202137 Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FN
Received 3 Feb 202127 Avon Way, Hilton, Derby DE65 5HB
Received 18 Jan 202145 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GF
Received 4 Feb 2021Land east of Lincoln Way and Salisbury Drive, Swadlincote
Received 4 Feb 2021Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BG
Received 4 Feb 2021Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby
Received 5 Feb 20212 Blackwell Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JG
Received 5 Feb 202165 Castle Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DY
Received 3 Feb 202138 Mill Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GP
Received 5 Feb 202111 The Maltings, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HH
Received 5 Feb 202180 Chestnut Avenue, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0EN
Received 5 Feb 2021Land adjacent 8 The Gables, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TG
Received 8 Feb 2021The Cottage, 1 Blackwell Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JG
Received 8 Feb 20212 Reliant Close, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8FF
Received 8 Feb 2021Cedar Lawns, Forties Lane, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2SN
Received 8 Feb 202119 Aston Hall Drive, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2DD
Received 8 Feb 20214 Capstan Close, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8FT
Received 8 Feb 20217 Glebe Close, Coton in the Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8HF
Received 8 Feb 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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