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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Derby House, 124 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 15 Jun 2021Hanger House, Foston Park, Woodyard Lane, Derby, DE65 5DJ
Received 15 Jun 2021Wood Farm House, Wood Farm Lane, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JY
Received 10 Jun 2021Land to the rear of 69a and 69b, Repton Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AF
Received 15 Jun 202129 Cotswold Close, Swadlincote, DE11 9ET
Received 11 Jun 2021511 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DQ
Received 16 Jun 20216 George Newberry Place, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9ST
Received 16 Jun 20212 Coton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NL
Received 25 Aug 2021The Tithe Barn, Derby Road, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JB
Received 25 Aug 202117 Silver Lane, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3TQ
Received 25 Aug 2021George Dutton Trading Ltd , Tetron Point, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 25 Aug 2021Barn off Duck Street, Egginton
Received 24 Aug 20212 Stanton Hill, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LA
Received 26 Aug 202127 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton on Trent, DE15 0QN
Received 23 Aug 2021Land at Seal Wood Lane, Linton, Swadlincote
Received 24 Aug 202111 Risborrow Close, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HY
Received 26 Aug 2021Walnut House, Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 26 Aug 202145 High Street, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6GF
Received 26 Aug 202111 Long Croft, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2UH
Received 26 Aug 20214 Mulberry Way, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FR
Received 27 Aug 2021Land at SK2720 7907 (Site A) Park Road, Cadley Park, Swadlincote
Received 27 Aug 202152 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EB
Received 30 Aug 202129 Newman Drive, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9RZ
Received 30 Aug 202123 Maple Drive, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2DG
Received 30 Aug 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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