Understanding planning · 13 min read
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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Park Farm Cottages, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HT
Received 15 Apr 2021Land at Broomy Farm (east of Lincoln Way and Salisbury Drive), Woodville Road, Hartshorne, DE11 7JR
Received 15 Apr 202133 Main Street, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JW
Received 16 Apr 2021LAND AT SK3925 1327, Carr Wood Barn, Off Blackwell Lane, Melbourne, Derby
Received 13 Apr 2021Brook House, High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 14 Apr 2021Land at High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0HR
Received 16 Apr 2021Field House Farm, Stanton Hill, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7NF
Received 19 Apr 2021Field House Farm, Stanton Hill, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7NF
Received 19 Apr 202128 Zetland Crescent, Stenson Fields, Derby DE24 3AY
Received 12 Apr 2021Middle Hayes Farm, Green Lane, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JP
Received 19 Apr 2021Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 20 Apr 2021Newton Solney Church Of England Infant School, Trent Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SF
Received 20 Apr 202117 Derwent Drive, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3AQ
Received 9 Apr 202165 Welland Road, HIlton, DE65 5GZ
Received 20 Apr 202120 Castle Mills, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BF
Received 20 Apr 202153 Jubilee Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GR
Received 20 Apr 2021Quarry Edge Ashby Road Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ES
Received 20 Apr 2021199 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0EA
Received 21 Apr 2021Electricity Transformer Station, Land north west of Mount Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlicnote
Received 21 Apr 2021Brickyard Wood Farm, Radbourne Common, Ashbourne, DE6 4NA
Received 20 Apr 2021The Old Barn, Unnamed Road From Long Lane To Dalbury Hollow, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BE
Received 21 Apr 2021The Haven, Linton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8HZ
Received 21 Apr 2021Wonersh House, Main Street, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LG
Received 21 Apr 2021Clary Meadows, Green Lane, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LH
Received 21 Apr 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage