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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
172 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JN
Received 15 Mar 2021Field House Farm, Watery Lane, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PL
Received 15 Mar 2021Former Midlands Pig Producers, Woodyard Lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5DJ
Received 15 Mar 202111 East Lawn, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BD
Received 25 Feb 2021Former Midlands Pig Producers Site, Woodyard Lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PY
Received 16 Mar 20214 Main Street, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BL
Received 17 Mar 2021Mount Pleasant Farm, Sutton Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5DE
Received 17 Mar 202128 Sandpiper Lane, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UU
Received 17 Mar 202111 Hospital Lane, Mickleover, Derby DE3 0DR
Received 17 Mar 2021Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BG
Received 17 Mar 2021Land At Sk2430 7995, Derby Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FP
Received 17 Mar 202133 Askew Grove, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6GR
Received 18 Mar 2021Spring Farm Cottage, Rosliston Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote, DE15 9UF
Received 9 Mar 2021134 Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EH
Received 23 Feb 2021Birchington House, Sandy Lane, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BU
Received 18 Mar 20211 Royal Oak Court, Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 18 Mar 202126 Burton Road Findern, Derby, DE65 6BE
Received 19 Mar 2021Melbourne Sports Pavilion, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DG
Received 19 Mar 202124 Burton Road, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BE
Received 1 Mar 20212 Cinderlands Cottage, Cauldwell, Swadlincote, DE12 6RU
Received 18 Mar 2021Burton Rugby Club, Lichfield Street, Burton upon Trent, DE14 3RH
Received 18 Mar 2021Seale Lodge Farm, Burton Road, Acresford, Swadlincote, DE12 8AP
Received 19 Mar 2021The Oaks, Green Lane, Overseal, Swadlinncote, DE12 6JP
Received 19 Mar 20219 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GH
Received 22 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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