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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Woodside House, 15 Ashby Road, Melbourne, DE73 8ES
Received 17 Sept 2021Tudor Lodge, 33 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 17 Sept 202114 Aults Close, Findern, Derby, DE65 6QG
Received 17 Sept 20211 Rectory Gardens, Aston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AZ
Received 20 Sept 2021Rectory, 2 Station Lane, Walton-On-Trent, Swadlincote ,DE12 8NA
Received 20 Sept 202142 Main Street, Walton-On-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 20 Sept 2021The Grange, Main Street, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AS
Received 20 Sept 202110 Pine Close, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JQ
Received 20 Sept 202156 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 20 Sept 202114 Blenheim Mews, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6PU
Received 20 Sept 20216 Paisley Walk, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FF
Received 20 Sept 2021The Hayloft, Lodge Hill Farm, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AL
Received 21 Sept 202141 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 21 Sept 202115 Ettas Way, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NH
Received 26 Aug 2021Etwall Hayes, Willington Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NR
Received 26 Aug 2021Hillfields Bungalow, Gorsey Lane, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8AR
Received 21 Sept 202184 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JG
Received 24 Aug 2021Land off Ryder Close, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EU
Received 22 Sept 202138 Mill Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GP
Received 22 Sept 2021Glebe House, 10 The Green, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AA
Received 22 Sept 2021Land to the south of No. 49 Manchester Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7BE
Received 23 Sept 202119 Eureka Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NP
Received 23 Sept 2021172 Twyford Road, Willington, Derby , DE65 6DG
Received 23 Sept 2021Leisure Centre, High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GF
Received 14 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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