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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Hill Top Farm, Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FN
Received 18 Oct 202118 Old Hall Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5DA
Received 14 Oct 2021Westwood View, Hope Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FX
Received 18 Oct 2021Silsden, Coton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote,, DE12 8NL
Received 19 Oct 20211 Cinderlands Cottage, Cauldwell Road, Caldwell, Swadlincote, DE12 6RU
Received 14 Oct 2021Malthouse Farm, Lullington Road, Coton in the Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EP.
Received 4 Oct 2021Land to the rear of 69 Woodville Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LU
Received 19 Oct 202112 Mill Close, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NU
Received 19 Oct 20211 Rectory Gardens, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2AZ
Received 19 Oct 202117 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent,DE15 0QN
Received 5 Oct 2021Swallows Corner, 3 The Green, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BE
Received 6 Oct 202155 Church Street, Coton-In-The-Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EZ
Received 12 Oct 202158 Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 19 Oct 2021155 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BA
Received 19 Oct 2021Melbourne Assembly Rooms, Leisure Centre, High Street, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GF
Received 18 Oct 20211 Brook End, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FW
Received 20 Oct 202154 Monsom Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FX
Received 21 Oct 202122 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 21 Oct 2021Existing telecommunications mast and compound, Butts Farm, Cockshut Lane, Derby, DE73 8DG
Received 21 Oct 202159 Jubilee Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GR
Received 21 Oct 2021Lodge Hill Farm, Unnamed Road Leading From Longford Lane To Barton Hall, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AL
Received 22 Oct 202121A Bridge Street, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HX
Received 22 Oct 2021Burton On Trent Golf Club, Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton on Trent, DE15 0PS
Received 22 Oct 2021Cofton, 1 Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 14 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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