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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Newhall County Junior School, Chesterfield Avenue, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TR
Received 16 Dec 2021Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 16 Dec 2021Birchington House , Clifton Road, Netherseal, Derbyshire, DE12 8BU
Received 16 Dec 20212 Chestnut Avenue, Foremark, Derby, DE65 6EJ
Received 16 Dec 2021Iceland, Unit 3 The Pipeworks, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9FQ
Received 17 Dec 2021The Old Forge, Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 20 Dec 2021The Grange, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EG
Received 20 Dec 202180 Egginton Road, Etwall , Derby, DE65 6NP
Received 20 Dec 202139 Midway Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NT
Received 20 Dec 20217 Chapel Lane, Barrow-On-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HE
Received 20 Dec 2021Brooklands, Weston Road, Weston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BH
Received 20 Dec 202134 Main Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ES
Received 20 Dec 20218 Chestnut Way, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FQ
Received 20 Dec 2021Land at Tetron Point, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote
Received 20 Dec 202115 Warwick Close, Littleover, Derby, DE23 3UY
Received 21 Dec 2021Muller Milk and Ingredients , 4000 Park Avenue, Dove Valley Park, Derby, DE65 5BZ
Received 21 Dec 202116 Woodfield Drive, Swadlincote, DE11 0DE
Received 22 Dec 2021John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 22 Dec 2021Grangefields Farm, Long Lane, Thurvaston, Ashbourne, DE6 5BH
Received 22 Dec 2021Hoon Hay Manor, Marston Lane, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EA
Received 22 Dec 2021Sir Francis Burdett, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DE
Received 23 Dec 2021Barn Farm, Egginton, DE65 6HN
Received 23 Dec 2021Bearwardcote Farm, Derby Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LR
Received 23 Dec 20214 Georgia Avenue, Willington, Derby, DE65 6RB
Received 23 Dec 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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