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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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16 The Pastures, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GG
Received 27 May 202127 Burton Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JE
Received 27 May 202170 The Bancroft, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NF
Received 28 May 2021The Old School House, 6 Church Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DF
Received 28 May 2021Top Farmhouse, Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JJ
Received 28 May 2021Water Works, Bog Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8HU
Received 28 May 20219 Wheatfield Court, Willington, Derby, DE65 6PT
Received 31 May 2021667 Burton Road, Midway, Derbyshire, DE11 0DL
Received 31 May 20215-15 West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG
Received 1 Jun 2021Valley View, 46 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 1 Jun 202115 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GH
Received 11 May 202126 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 2 Jun 2021The Mount Pleasant Inn, 109 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JE
Received 2 Jun 202148 Derby Road, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2AF
Received 1 Jun 2021Wood Land View, Hamilton Grove, Swadlincote, DE11 7NS
Received 2 Jun 2021240 Hillside Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HE
Received 2 Jun 2021West Street Methodist Church, Basement Store, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DE
Received 2 Jun 2021Manor Cottage, Main Street, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LG
Received 3 Jun 2021Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 3 Jun 2021Nose Bag Cafe, 43 Uttoxeter Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 3 Jun 202140 Elmhurst, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HQ
Received 3 Jun 202193 Sandcliffe Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PJ
Received 3 Jun 2021Land to the rear of 24 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6PB
Received 12 May 2021168 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BA
Received 3 Jun 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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