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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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The Garden Flat, National School, Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EQ
Received 1 Dec 2015128 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GP
Received 2 Dec 2015Rockingham House, Willington Road, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6NR
Received 4 Dec 20153 Oakmere House, Woolstitch Park, Clifton Road, Netherseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8BT
Received 4 Dec 2015Land At Sk2033 0520, Cote Bottom Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 4 Dec 201518 Sandpiper Lane, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 0UU
Received 7 Dec 201515 Union Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0QF
Received 7 Dec 20155 Cheal Close, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2DY
Received 7 Dec 2015365 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7NA
Received 7 Dec 201529 Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7AS
Received 4 Dec 20155 Canal Bank, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GL
Received 8 Dec 2015Wood To The Rear Of Archway House, Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7JF
Received 7 Dec 2015The Old Coach House, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EJ
Received 8 Dec 201514 Avocet Drive, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6QU
Received 9 Dec 201516 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0QN
Received 8 Dec 2015Foremark Hall, Chestnut Avenue, Foremark, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6EJ
Received 9 Dec 2015Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 9 Dec 2015Chasey Croft, Watery Lane, Scropton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5PL
Received 9 Dec 2015Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 10 Dec 2015Calke Abbey, Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7LE
Received 10 Dec 20155 Canal Bank, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GL
Received 7 Dec 201526 To 36, High Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8GJ
Received 10 Dec 2015Foremark Hall, Chestnut Avenue, Foremark, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6EJ
Received 9 Dec 20156 Toulmin Drive, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0BH
Received 11 Dec 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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