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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Yusen Logistics UK Ltd, Burton Road, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BG
Received 20 Jan 202218 Warren Drive, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QP
Received 17 Jan 20221 Kings Newton Fields, Kings Newton Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DD
Received 13 Jan 20229 Willow Park Way, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2DF
Received 20 Jan 2022Land between The Cedars and The Stables, Shardlow Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AN
Received 20 Jan 2022Land at SK3130 4873, Common Piece Lane, Findern, Derby
Received 20 Jan 2022Shades Farm, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 20 Jan 20221 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7EH
Received 21 Jan 202217 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QN
Received 21 Jan 202223 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QN
Received 21 Jan 202222 Pilgrims Way, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3JG
Received 24 Jan 2022Land south of The Mease, Hilton, South Derbyshire
Received 24 Jan 2022Castle Farm, Castle Street, Melbourne, Derby , DE73 8DY
Received 6 Jan 20221 High Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JG
Received 24 Jan 2022W M Morrison Supermarket Plc, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9AA
Received 24 Jan 202224 South Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GB
Received 24 Jan 202231 Sharcote Drive, Stanton, Swadlincote, DE15 9QF
Received 25 Jan 2022The Water Tower, Swarkestone Road, Weston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BU
Received 25 Jan 202280 Hillside, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AW
Received 25 Jan 202284 Rosliston Road South, Drakelow, Swadlincote, Burton On Trent, DE15 9UD
Received 24 Jan 2022Sladefield House, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DE
Received 26 Jan 202239 Chellaston Lane, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AX
Received 26 Jan 202226 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7EH
Received 26 Jan 2022Land to the Rear of 21 Market Place , Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 27 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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