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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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4 Mewies Close, Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 17 May 202120 Highfield Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9AR
Received 18 May 2021Harpur Lodge, 10 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 18 May 202159 Coton Road, Walton Trent, Derby, DE12 8NL
Received 18 May 20215 Park View, Aston on Trent, DE72 2AJ
Received 6 May 2021Melbourne Baptist Church, Chapel Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EH
Received 4 May 202116 Derby Road, Swadlincote DE11 8EB
Received 18 May 20212 Coal Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7FN
Received 18 May 2021The Old House, Catton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LL
Received 19 May 202162 Main Street, Walton on Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 19 May 2021Field View Cottage, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 19 May 202124 Templar Close, Stenson Fields, Derbyshire, DE24 3EL
Received 19 May 2021Common Farm, B587 from Robinsons Hill to County Boundary, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 12 May 20212 Milton Grange, Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 22 Jul 2021Radburne Hall, Unnamed Section of C45 From C245 Heage Lane to Derby City Boundary, Radbourne, Ashbourne, DE6 4LZ
Received 20 May 2021Radburne Hall, Radbourne, Ashbourne, DE6 4LZ
Received 20 May 202148 Claymar Drive, Newhall , DE11 0LF
Received 20 May 2021Garton House, Ingleby Lane, Stanton by Bridge, DE73 7HT
Received 15 Apr 2021Highfield House, Repton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SG
Received 21 May 2021The Old Mill, Home Farm Drive, Foston, Derby, DE65 5DL
Received 21 May 2021Grange View, Unnamed Road From Long Lane To Dalbury Hollow, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BE
Received 21 May 2021Ivy House Farm, Scropton Road, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PQ
Received 21 May 20212 Hanger Bank, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2AT
Received 24 May 202144 Commerce Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8FT
Received 24 May 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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