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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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All Saints Church, Main Street, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8EG
Received 26 Jan 2022Blencroft, Sandypits Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JA
Received 21 Jan 2022H Thorley And Sons Haulage, Sutton Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FE
Received 27 Jan 2022Belmont Services Bowls Club , Belmont Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JU
Received 28 Jan 2022Castle Farm, Castle Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DY
Received 2 Nov 202125 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JE
Received 31 Jan 2022Brizlincote Hall Farm, Brizlincote Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0PR
Received 31 Jan 2022Clair De Lune, Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FL
Received 27 Jan 20223 Witton Court, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3HX
Received 1 Feb 202240 Church Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DF
Received 31 Jan 20223 The Close, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SZ
Received 1 Feb 2022Melbourne Community Centre, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 18 Jan 20225 Hollies Farm Close, Stanton-By-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7GD
Received 31 Jan 202281 Bells End Road, Walton-On-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NF
Received 25 Jan 2022Badger Brook Barn, Hills Lane, Stanton-by-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HY
Received 26 Jan 2022Greenfield Lodge, Watery Lane, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PL
Received 2 Feb 2022Little End Cottage, Back Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Ashbourne, DE6 5JH
Received 3 Feb 202224 Ashford Way, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9TP
Received 7 Feb 2022Land At 3130 8826, Unnamed Section Of A50 From A38 Interchange To A514, Derby
Received 24 Jan 2022Land to the Rear of 21 Market Place , Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 27 Jan 2022Land Adjacent 18 Pingle Farm Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0QZ
Received 7 Feb 2022The Walled Garden, Bower Hill, Well Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EY
Received 7 Feb 202253 Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 8 Feb 2022The Lindens, Ingleby Road, Stanton-By-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HU
Received 3 Feb 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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