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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land adjacent to 7 Tay Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3AF
Received 13 Oct 2021Breach Farm, Cadley Lane, Caldwell, Swadlincote, DE12 6RJ
Received 13 Oct 2021Rayworth Cottage, Grassy Lane, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LN
Received 13 Oct 202113 Mount Pleasant Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GQ
Received 13 Oct 2021The Bungalow, Wilne Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HA
Received 13 Oct 2021John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 13 Oct 2021Hall Farm, Twyford Road, Twyford, Derby, DE73 7HJ
Received 7 Jun 2021Bonehills Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 4 Oct 2021Playing Fields, Main Street, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5DA
Received 5 Oct 202118 Kingsgate Road, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6XA
Received 13 Oct 2021Broughton House, 141 London Road, Shardlow, Derby , DE72 2HA
Received 14 Oct 202138 Mill Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GP
Received 14 Oct 2021Cofton, 1 Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 14 Oct 2021Hoon Hay Manor, Marston Lane, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EA
Received 15 Oct 202117 South Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GB
Received 15 Oct 2021125 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby , DE73 8EP
Received 15 Oct 202111 Merlin Way, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7QU
Received 15 Oct 2021The Grotto, Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EP
Received 1 Oct 202182 Glenmore Drive, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3HT
Received 15 Oct 202154 Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9AA
Received 15 Oct 202120 Windmill Close, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AJ
Received 18 Oct 202136 Nursery Close, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0BQ
Received 18 Oct 202182 Springfield Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0BY
Received 18 Oct 2021Melbourne Assembly Rooms, Leisure Centre, High Street, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GF
Received 18 Oct 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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