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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 23 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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2 Church Street, Coton-in-the-elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EZ
Received 4 May 2022The School House, Main Street, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PN
Received 4 May 2022Melbourne Cemetery Chapels, Pack House Road, Melbourne, DE73 8HP
Received 4 May 2022The Hollow, Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EP
Received 4 May 2022Woodville Substation, Near Jubilee Park, Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote
Received 28 Apr 2022Highfield Arabians, Heage Lane, Etwall, Derby DE65 6LS
Received 29 Apr 202238 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 5 May 2022Phase 3 , Land South of The Mease (Phase 3), Hilton , Derby
Received 5 May 2022102A Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JG
Received 5 May 202256 Valley Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6NN
Received 5 May 2022Land adjacent to 2 Yew Tree Road, Newhall, Swadlincote , Derby DE11 0NL
Received 5 May 20223 Fishpond Lane, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HJ
Received 6 May 202250 Potter Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DW
Received 9 May 2022The Pits, 72 Scropton Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5DT
Received 9 May 2022Clover Barn, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HT
Received 9 May 20223 Well Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EY
Received 9 May 2022Land at Barn Farm, Cauldwell Road, Drakelow, Burton on Trent, DE15 9TX
Received 5 May 202238 Stoneydale Close, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0UN
Received 9 May 202225 Chapel Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JY
Received 9 May 202214 Alderslade Close, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AY
Received 10 May 2022160 Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EH
Received 10 May 2022Fryzms House Farm, Stenson , Buckford Lane, Stenson, Barrow on Trent, DE73 7FW
Received 10 May 202211 Saxon Grove, Willington, Derby, DE65 6YD
Received 10 May 202235 Wilmot Road, Swadlincote DE11 9BH
Received 9 May 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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