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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land adjacent to 2 Yew Tree Road, Newhall, Swadlincote , Derby DE11 0NL
Received 10 Mar 202245 Skinners Way, Midway, Swadlincote DE11 7NL
Received 10 Mar 202257 Main Street, Rosliston, Swadlincote DE12 8JW
Received 10 Mar 2022Spring View, Edward Street, Overseal, Swadlincote DE12 6LJ
Received 18 Mar 20223 Hastings Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9AH
Received 18 Mar 2022Land off Main Street, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HL
Received 18 Mar 202235 Bramble Walk, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6NB
Received 18 Mar 2022Land Adjacent to Blue Leaves, Ashby Road, Boundary, Swadlincote DE11 7BA
Received 21 Mar 2022Tree Tops, Calke Road, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8DL
Received 21 Mar 2022Stenson Fields Primary Community School, Goathland Road, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3BW
Received 11 Mar 2022Beechwood Park, Main Road, Elvaston, Derby DE72 3EQ
Received 21 Mar 202261 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton on Trent DE15 0QW
Received 3 Mar 2022Pool Cottage Residential Home, Pool road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8AA
Received 21 Mar 202232 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 21 Mar 2022Land off Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 21 Mar 2022Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 21 Mar 2022The Mandarin Chinese Restaurant, Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FJ
Received 21 Mar 2022Penn Gate, Salisbury Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ER
Received 1 Feb 202214 Millfield, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HD
Received 11 Feb 2022Walton Hall, Main Street, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote DE12 8LZ
Received 22 Mar 202259 Main Street, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JW
Received 22 Mar 2022Oak Lodge, 43 Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 22 Mar 2022Land off Woodsford Drive, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AX
Received 22 Mar 2022Twyford Cottage, 2 The Old Waterworks, Meadow Lane, Milton, Derby, DE65 6PL
Received 23 Mar 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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