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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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64 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8EB
Received 12 Feb 2021The Gables, Main Street, Ingleby DE73 7HW
Received 12 Feb 2021Central Joinery LTD, Ryder Close, Swadlincote, DE11 9EU
Received 12 Feb 202129 Nettlefold Crescent, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DA
Received 12 Feb 2021Spring Farm Cottage, Rosliston Road, Drakelow, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 9UF
Received 12 Feb 2021Derby Airfield, Hilton Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6GU
Received 12 Feb 20214 Victoria Mews, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 11 Feb 2021Lullington Estate, Lullington, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8EJ
Received 8 Dec 202016 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 15 Feb 202114 Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 15 Feb 202146 Repton Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AF
Received 15 Feb 2021Land at SK2730 1591, East of Egginton Road and North of Jacksons Lane, Etwall, Derby
Received 16 Feb 2021Limes Farm, Main Street, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8ED
Received 15 Feb 20213 Castle Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9LH
Received 16 Feb 2021Land adjacent to 3 Castle Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9LH
Received 16 Feb 2021The Gate House, Burntheath Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FE
Received 16 Feb 202151 and 53 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 16 Feb 2021Dale House, 11A Dale End Road,, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FW
Received 17 Feb 202126 Bramley Dale, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9RT
Received 17 Feb 2021Land at SK 3826 7702 (land off Smith Avenue), Main Street, Derbyshire, DE73 8HE
Received 17 Feb 2021Fairways Farm, Bent Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BA
Received 18 Feb 202112 Bridge Street, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HX
Received 18 Feb 2021Grafton House, Lullington Road, Coton in the Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EW
Received 16 Feb 2021Land at SK3826 8204 Smith Avenue, Main Street, Derbyshire, DE73 8HE
Received 18 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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