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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Kings Newton Bowls Club, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BZ
Received 21 Sept 2015Land Adjacent To 4, Main Street, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FF
Received 23 Sept 201549 Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FG
Received 23 Sept 2015Whispering Trees, Shardlow Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 23 Sept 2015Whispering Trees, Shardlow Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 23 Sept 201515 Newman Drive, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9RZ
Received 24 Sept 201510 Millfield, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2HD
Received 24 Sept 201551 Commerce Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8FT
Received 23 Sept 2015St Wilfreds Church, Church Lane, Barrow On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HB
Received 23 Sept 2015The Stables, Lowes Farm, Lowes Lane, Swarkestone, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7GQ
Received 24 Sept 201597 Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7HY
Received 25 Sept 20152 Charleston Close, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0HW
Received 24 Sept 2015Land At Sk2934 8494, West Of Ladybank Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 14 Aug 20153 To 5 The Granary, Millfield, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2HD
Received 28 Sept 2015Dale Farm, Newton Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0RX
Received 28 Sept 201521 Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0TT
Received 28 Sept 201516 Cavendish Court, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2HJ
Received 28 Sept 2015Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 28 Sept 201521 Normandy Road, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5GW
Received 28 Sept 20151 Cowlishaw Close, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GS
Received 29 Sept 20155 Ryton Way, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5GY
Received 24 Sept 2015Land At Sk3931 2744, Mill Hill, Boulton Moor, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 9 Oct 2015Land Adjacent To, 59 Ashby Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 14 Oct 2015Land At Sk2828 6687, Burton Road, Egginton, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 16 Oct 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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