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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Chantry Farm Shop, Kings Newton Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DD
Received 4 Aug 201546 Commerce Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8FT
Received 9 Jun 20153 Acresford Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6HX
Received 9 Jun 2015Land At Sk3824 0490, Robinsons Hill, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 9 Jun 201522 Old Hall Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5DA
Received 10 Jun 201511 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GH
Received 5 Jun 2015145 Oversetts Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0SN
Received 10 Jun 201536 St Johns Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0SU
Received 10 Jun 201531 Acacia Drive, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8LT
Received 12 Jun 2015114 Weston Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2BA
Received 12 Jun 2015Land At, Lambert House, Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8ES
Received 15 Jun 201561 Eureka Road, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7NW
Received 11 Jun 2015Land At Sk3221 7949, Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 10 Jun 2015Land Off, Sage Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 15 Jun 2015Newton Park, Newton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0TD
Received 16 Jun 201518 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GH
Received 15 Jun 2015Ambaston Lane Farm, Ambaston Lane, Ambaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 3EU
Received 15 Jun 201511 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9JE
Received 15 Jun 2015128 Wilmot Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9BJ
Received 15 Jun 201532 High Street, Repton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6GD
Received 10 Jun 2015Land At Broadstone Holt, Bog Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8HU
Received 15 Jun 2015Newlands House, Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8DA
Received 15 Jun 201526 Regent Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9PL
Received 17 Jun 2015Melbourne View Hotel, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BR
Received 17 Jun 2015Records 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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