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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Broadstone End, Broadstone Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LD
Received 11 May 202219 Askew Grove, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GJ
Received 11 May 202261 Bretby Hollow, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0UE
Received 6 Dec 2021Ash House, Netherhall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AA
Received 12 May 2022152 Station Street, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JY
Received 13 May 2022Plots 5 and P2 - 01, Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BG
Received 13 May 2022Land off Church Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote
Received 13 May 2022Land off Church Street, Church Gresley , Swadlincote
Received 13 May 20228 Mercia Drive, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DA
Received 13 May 20222 Mewies Close, Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 16 May 2022Blanchards Barn, Trent lane, Weston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BT
Received 16 May 202267 Springfield Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0BY
Received 16 May 20226 Palmerston Court, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8HY
Received 4 Apr 2022Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 17 May 202226 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 18 May 20223 Mill Farm, Repton, Derby, DE65 6RR
Received 18 May 2022166 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BA
Received 18 May 2022John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 18 May 2022Tetron Park, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 18 May 2022166 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BA
Received 18 May 2022Gunby Lea Farm, Lullington Road, Grangewood, Swadlincote
Received 18 May 2022Gunby Lea Farm, Lullington Road, Overseal, Swadlincote
Received 19 May 2022Hollies Farm, Ingleby Road, Stanton-By-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HU
Received 19 May 202217 Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 19 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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