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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Birds Nest Farm, Derby Road, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2AF
Received 11 May 2021Birds Nest Farm, Derby Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AF
Received 11 May 202136 The Castle Way, Willington, Derby DE65 6BT
Received 11 May 202112-14 Coffee Shop, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 11 May 202112-14 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 11 May 2021106 The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BU
Received 12 May 2021Land adjacent to 7 Tay Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3AF
Received 12 May 2021Land at SK 31190 0360, SK 3019 9268 and 61 Court Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JJ
Received 12 May 202129 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 12 May 20213 Tivey Way, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8JS
Received 12 May 2021Land south of Genista, Broomhills Lane, Repton, DE65 6FS
Received 12 May 2021Land to the north of The Hollies, Derby Road, Melbourne, DE73 8DE
Received 12 May 20213 Sandpiper Lane, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UU
Received 13 May 202110 Monsom Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FX
Received 13 May 20213 Meynell Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9LS
Received 13 May 2021Land off Narrow Lane, Ticknall, Derby,
Received 14 May 202183 Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TN
Received 14 May 2021Willow Barn, Sycamore Farm, Main Street, Ingleby, Derby, DE73 7HW
Received 14 May 202131 Bells End Road, Walton on Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8ND
Received 10 May 20213 Lundie Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3AN
Received 14 May 2021John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 14 May 2021Oak Apple Barn, Back Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Ashbourne, DE6 5JL
Received 17 May 202114 Market Place, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8DS
Received 10 May 2021Wheatsheaf Barn, Lodge Hill Farm, Unnamed Road Leading From Longford Lane To Barton Hall, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AL
Received 17 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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