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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Sett, Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton-Upon-Trent
Received 3 Nov 2021The Sett, Bretby Park, Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton-Upon-Trent , Bretby , Burton-Upon-Trent
Received 3 Nov 2021Land off Mount Road Castle Gresley, South Derbyshire
Received 3 Nov 2021The Paddock, Chestnut Way, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FQ
Received 3 Nov 2021Cottage Filling Station, Derby Road, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JB
Received 3 Nov 2021Velescote, Long Lane, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BJ
Received 4 Nov 2021Land At SK2430 7995, Derby Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FP
Received 4 Nov 2021Wood Farm, Marjory Lane, Harehill, Ashbourne, DE6 5AA
Received 4 Nov 202155 Church Street, Coton-In-The-Elms, Swadlincote , DE12 8EZ
Received 5 Nov 2021Land south of The Mease, Residential Phase 2B (Re-Plan) Land south of The Mease, Hilton, South Derbyshire, Hilton , South Derbyshire
Received 5 Nov 202172 Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FN
Received 5 Nov 202117 Lullington Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6NF
Received 5 Nov 202162 Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ES
Received 1 Mar 202143 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 1 Mar 2021White Lodge, Ingleby Road, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HU
Received 1 Mar 20217 Coronation Street, Swadlincote, DE11 0QB
Received 1 Mar 202166 Heath Way, Hatton, Derby DE65 5EP
Received 1 Mar 2021Hambleton, Sutton Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LQ
Received 1 Mar 202123 Claymar Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LF
Received 1 Mar 2021The Grange, Twyford Road, Barrow upon Trent , DERBY, DE73 7HA
Received 1 Mar 202123 Skinners Way, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NL
Received 1 Mar 2021Land off Doles Lane, Findern, Derby
Received 1 Mar 2021Land to the rear of 1 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 8 Feb 2021Farforth House, Ingleby Road, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7GJ
Received 2 Mar 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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