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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land to the rear of 675-677 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DL
Received 4 Jun 202127 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 4 Jun 20213 Holloway, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6RH
Received 26 May 202119A Pinfold Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GH
Received 4 Jun 202118 Chapel Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EH
Received 4 Jun 2021Turnbarrel House, Turnbarrel, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FD
Received 4 Jun 202187 South Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0RN
Received 1 Jun 202122 Main Street, Newton Solney, Derby, DE15 0SJ
Received 21 May 2021Wheatsheaf Barn, Lodge Hill Farm, Lodge Hill, Church Broughton, DE65 5AL
Received 11 May 20218 Wilne Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HA
Received 4 Jun 2021Land off Woodsford Drive, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AX
Received 4 Jun 2021Woodhouse Farm, Woodhouses, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8DN
Received 28 May 202146 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 7 Jun 2021179 Wood Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LY
Received 17 May 2021Unit 3, Riber Drive, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6WS
Received 19 May 202126 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 7 Jun 2021Hall Farm, Twyford Road, Twyford, Derby, DE73 7HJ
Received 7 Jun 202190 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 8 Jun 2021Land to the east of 22 John Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0SR
Received 7 Jun 20211 Stanhope Glade, Bretby, Burton on Trent, DE15 0QT
Received 7 Jun 202126 Birch Avenue, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0NQ
Received 7 Jun 2021Turncroft, Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FL
Received 7 Jun 2021Woodhouse Farm, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 9 Jun 2021Pool Cottage Residential Home, Pool Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8AA
Received 9 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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