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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 adjacent Willow Farm, Main Street, Rosliston, Swadlincote , DE12 8JL
Received 6 Sept 2021Land north of Drift Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FW
Received 6 Sept 2021Ashwood, Church Hill, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LT
Received 6 Sept 2021Valley View, 46 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 7 Sept 202121 Calder Close, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5HR
Received 7 Sept 202111 Archer Drive, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0AG
Received 7 Sept 2021The Castle Apartments, Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5DW
Received 7 Sept 2021157 Moira Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JD
Received 8 Sept 202115 Hardacre Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GY
Received 8 Sept 202163 Woodville Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LU
Received 8 Sept 2021Land at SK3727 1814, Ingleby Road, Stanton By Bridge, Derby
Received 8 Sept 2021Land adjacent to 42 Alma Road, Newhall, Swadlincote , DE11 0SD
Received 7 Sept 202147 Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FL
Received 8 Sept 2021The Conifers, Park Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JS
Received 8 Sept 20215 Hanslynn, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3WB
Received 9 Sept 20212 Oak Road, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3EW
Received 9 Sept 2021Land at 6-12 Milton Road, Repton DE65 6FZ
Received 10 Sept 2021Plot 4, Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BZ
Received 10 Sept 2021Royle Farm, Cauldwell Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote, DE15 9TU
Received 2 Aug 2021Land at London Road , Shardlow, DE72 2HL
Received 10 Sept 202143 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 10 Sept 20219 Aston Hall Drive, Aston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2DD
Received 13 Sept 20214 Peacroft Court, Hilton , Derbyshire DE65 5JP
Received 13 Sept 2021Elm Tree Farm, Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FL
Received 13 Sept 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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