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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 19 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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69 Woodville Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LU
Received 29 Nov 202160 Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FN
Received 30 Nov 202138 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 30 Nov 2021Wood Farm, Marjory Lane, Harehill, Ashbourne, DE6 5AA
Received 30 Nov 2021Bower Hill House, 15 Well Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EY
Received 17 Nov 20211 Sorrel Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JS
Received 1 Dec 2021Village Hall, Main Street, Walton-On-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 1 Dec 202130 Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 1 Dec 2021Willow Farm, 16 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AX
Received 2 Dec 202116 Cheviot Close, Swadlincote, DE11 9EE
Received 2 Dec 2021The Close, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 29 Nov 202168 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QP
Received 2 Dec 2021Land to the rear of 230 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BQ
Received 6 Dec 202129 Church Street, Coton-In-The-Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EZ
Received 6 Dec 202161 Bretby Hollow, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0UE
Received 6 Dec 2021Land at SK2720 (Site A) Park Road, Cadley Park, Swadlincote
Received 6 Dec 2021Jubilee Cottage, Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 6 Dec 2021Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 6 Dec 2021Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BG
Received 7 Dec 202133 Main Street, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 18 Nov 2021226 The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BW
Received 7 Dec 2021John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 7 Dec 2021Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 7 Dec 202149, Brook Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AH
Received 29 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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