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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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32 Acacia Drive, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LT
Received 9 Apr 20215 Harley Court, Woodville Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LY
Received 9 Apr 202180 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GF
Received 9 Apr 2021Rayworth Cottage, Grassy Lane, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LN
Received 9 Apr 2021Dove Herb Farm, Burton Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6GZ
Received 12 Apr 20212 Mount Road, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RA
Received 12 Apr 202151 Bretby Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE15 0QW
Received 30 Mar 202134 Hereford Crescent, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PT
Received 12 Apr 2021Common Farm, B587 From Robinsons Hill To County Boundary, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 12 Apr 20215 West Avenue, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FY
Received 13 Apr 202122 Yew Tree Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0NL
Received 13 Apr 2021Breach Gorse Farm, Breach Lane, Sudbury, Ashbourne, DE6 5HH
Received 13 Apr 2021Land south of Genista, Broomhills Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FS
Received 13 Apr 202110 Main Street, Kings Newton DE73 8BX
Received 13 Apr 2021Land off Henshall Drive, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6WU
Received 13 Apr 2021Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover
Received 13 Apr 202193 Chiltern Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9SW
Received 13 Apr 2021Common Farm, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8DN
Received 13 Apr 20211 Sorrel Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7JS
Received 14 Apr 202112 Aires Hollow, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2EN
Received 14 Apr 202135 Wilmot Road, Swadlincote DE11 9BH
Received 13 Apr 2021Clair De Lune, Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FL
Received 14 Apr 2021Chantry Barn, Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 5 Apr 202139A Main Street, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PZ
Received 14 Apr 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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