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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Sapperton Manor, Sapperton Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AU
Received 11 Jan 2022Willow Park Way, Aston on Trent, DE72 2DF
Received 11 Jan 202298 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JG
Received 11 Jan 2022Units 1 and 2 Grangewood Farm, Grangewood, Swadlincote, DE12 8BG
Received 11 Jan 2022132 Repton Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AE
Received 11 Jan 202257 Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FG
Received 11 Jan 2022Grangewood Farm, Grangewood, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BG
Received 11 Jan 2022Grangewood Farm, Grangewood, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BG
Received 11 Jan 20224 Valley Rise, Swadlincote, DE11 0QD
Received 11 Jan 2022White Cottage, Radbourne Common, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 4NA
Received 11 Jan 2022Land At Sk2230 3567, Derby Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PT
Received 11 Jan 2022Marston Hall, Marston Lane, Marston On Dove, Derby, DE65 5GD
Received 24 Dec 2021Land Adjacent To 228 Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7HW
Received 11 Jan 20223 Aston Hall Drive, Aston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2DD
Received 11 Jan 20223 Washington Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EX
Received 12 Jan 2022Park Row , Bretby , Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0RL
Received 12 Jan 2022Shardlow Quarry, Acre Lane, Shardlow, DE72 2SP
Received 12 Jan 20221 Oak Drive, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GT
Received 13 Jan 2022Dower House, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 13 Jan 2022Kings Newton Bowls Club, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BZ
Received 12 Jan 2022Barleyfields Equestrian Centre, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HT
Received 13 Jan 2022Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby ,DE73 8EN
Received 14 Jan 2022360 Burton Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JW
Received 14 Jan 2022The Old Apothecary, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 14 Jan 2022Records 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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