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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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33 Main Street, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GG
Received 29 Oct 20213 Sandpiper Lane, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UU
Received 29 Oct 2021Mcdonald's Restaurant Ltd, Belmont Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JU
Received 29 Oct 202149, Brook Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AH
Received 29 Oct 2021Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 29 Oct 2021The Old Rectory, Unnamed Road From Butterpot Lane Through Trusley To C45, Trusley, Ashbourne, DE6 5JG
Received 1 Nov 202127 Ashover Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0YQ
Received 1 Nov 2021Bower Hill House, 15 Well Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EY
Received 1 Nov 2021The Hollow, 70 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EP
Received 29 Oct 202142 Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 1 Nov 2021Land at SK2720 7907 (Site A) Park Road, Cadley Park, Swadlincote
Received 1 Nov 202112 Brook Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9EB
Received 1 Nov 20214 Willowsend Close, Findern, Derby, DE65 6QA
Received 2 Nov 2021Castle Farm, Castle Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DY
Received 2 Nov 202126 Kyle Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5JY
Received 2 Nov 2021Land at SK2922 8630, Ashby Road East, Bretby
Received 2 Nov 2021Hillside Cottage, Dish Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Derby, Ashbourne, DE6 5JA
Received 2 Nov 2021Foxfields Farm, Unnamed Road From The Green To Radbourne Common, Radbourne, Derby, DE6 4LY
Received 2 Nov 2021Tetron Park, Former Bison Precast site, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 2 Nov 2021Land east of Chellaston Lane and south of Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 2 Nov 202133 Compton Avenue, Aston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AU
Received 2 Nov 2021Woodgrow Horticulture Ltd , Burton Road, Findern, DE65 6BE
Received 3 Nov 2021Land at SK2531 3702, Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby
Received 3 Nov 2021Land at SK3320 1442, Manchester Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 3 Nov 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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