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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Whispering Trees, Shardlow Road, Aston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AN
Received 29 Mar 20224 The Mews, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LQ
Received 29 Mar 202217 Mallard Walk, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0TF
Received 23 Jun 2022Land at SK3430 7732 Deep Dale Lane, Barrow on Trent, Derby.
Received 29 Mar 202237 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 29 Mar 202223 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JE
Received 29 Mar 20223 Mill Green, The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2WE
Received 30 Mar 2022Land west of Primula Way
Received 25 Mar 202235 Old Station Close, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6PQ
Received 30 Mar 202254 Meadow Nook, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AG
Received 30 Mar 2022Shaws barn, Robinsons Hill, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DJ
Received 30 Mar 202223 Bells End Road, Walton-on-trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8ND
Received 30 Mar 202243 Longlands Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AH
Received 31 Mar 20226 Brookdale Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7HJ
Received 31 Mar 202236 Wood Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QB
Received 31 Mar 2022Shire Farm, Badway Lane, Badder Green, Church Broughton, DE65 5AQ
Received 31 Mar 202225 Higgot Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0BG
Received 31 Mar 202232 Melton Avenue, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FP
Received 1 Apr 20228 Manor Farm , Church Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ER
Received 1 Apr 20228 Manor Farm, Church Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ER
Received 1 Apr 202296 Church Close, Ingleby Road, Stanton-by-Bridge, Derby DE73 7GH
Received 1 Apr 20226 Palmerston Court, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8HY
Received 4 Apr 2022Breedon View, Robinsons Hill, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DJ
Received 4 Apr 2022Lower Field Gate Farm, Dish Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Derby, Ashbourne, DE6 5JA
Received 4 Apr 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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