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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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69 Woodville Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LU
Received 7 Mar 2022Tower House, Porters Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AP
Received 18 Feb 20222 Derby Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FP
Received 8 Mar 20229 Main Street, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LY
Received 8 Mar 2022Hilton Village Hall, Peacroft Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GH
Received 8 Mar 202225 Fields Lane, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JL
Received 1 Mar 202211 Queensway, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FG
Received 8 Mar 202236a South Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GB
Received 8 Mar 2022White Lodge, Staker Lane, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DJ
Received 9 Mar 20226 Palmerston Court, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8HY
Received 9 Mar 202210 Main Street, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AG
Received 9 Mar 2022Archway House 103 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 23 Feb 2022Land off Brunt Lane, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7HX
Received 9 Mar 2022Land To The South West Of Holmleigh Way, Chellaston ,Derby
Received 9 Mar 2022The Malthouse, The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 9 Mar 2022Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 9 Mar 20226 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EA
Received 9 Mar 2022Slade House, Rose Lane, Ticknall, Derby DE73 7JW
Received 10 Mar 2022Woodhouses Barn, Woodhouses, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8DN
Received 10 Mar 2022133 Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7EX
Received 10 Mar 2022Land to the rear of 53-67 , Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ET
Received 10 Mar 2022Land adjacent to First Fence Ltd , Kiln Way / Woodhouse Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8EA
Received 10 Mar 2022Plot 4, Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BZ
Received 10 Mar 202222 Stafford Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LD
Received 10 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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