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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2014 to 1 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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16 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0SJ
Received 21 Sept 2015The Dower House, Church Square, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8JH
Received 23 Sept 2015Mitre Cottage, Mitre Drive, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6FJ
Received 23 Sept 201579 Spinney Hill, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8LX
Received 18 Sept 2015The Old Barn, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DG
Received 18 Sept 20155 Rydeware House, Woolstitch Park, Clifton Road, Netherseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8BT
Received 1 Oct 201567 Castle Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DY
Received 1 Oct 2015Land Adjacent To 93, Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9JE
Received 29 Sept 2015Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 17 Sept 2015Rayworth Cottage, Grassy Lane, Burnaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6LN
Received 28 Sept 2015Land To The West Of, Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 16 Sept 20151, Bretby Fairways, Geary Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0QY
Received 3 Oct 201570 Coach Way, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6EU
Received 3 Oct 2015The Oaks, Green Lane, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6JP
Received 2 Oct 2015Citizens Advice Bureau (Old Doctors Surgery), Church Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 2 Oct 201518 Station Road, Hatton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5EL
Received 5 Oct 2015Planters At Bretby, Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0QS
Received 5 Oct 201548 Hall Lane, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6DR
Received 23 Sept 2015108 Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7HY
Received 19 Oct 2015Leisure Centre, High Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8GF
Received 20 Oct 2015Land At, Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derby, Derbyshire., DE65 5PX
Received 20 Oct 201529 Swadlincote Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 8DE
Received 11 Nov 20159, Manor Court, Church Lane, Barrow On Trent, Derbyshire, DE73 7HR
Received 23 Sept 201559 Jubilee Close, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8GR
Received 23 Sept 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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