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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 6 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Faccenda Foods, Scropton Road, Scropton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6PS
Received 28 Sept 2016Land To The North Of, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 14 Oct 2016Land North Of, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 14 Oct 2016Land At Sk2816 1014, Colliery Lane, Linton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 2 Nov 2016The Dimble, Woodshop Lane, Swarkestone, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7JA
Received 19 Aug 2016The Gatehouse, 232 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0EA
Received 19 Aug 201683 Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BZ
Received 19 Aug 201649 Tennyson Avenue, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0DT
Received 22 Aug 20163 Barrons Court, Elvaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 3ER
Received 22 Aug 2016The Rectory, Station Lane, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8NA
Received 22 Aug 2016Highfield House, Repton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0SG
Received 22 Aug 20167 Beech Avenue, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8FA
Received 23 Aug 2016The Hollies, Main Street, Lullington, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8ED
Received 23 Aug 201633 Coach Way, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6ES
Received 23 Aug 20162, Elm Farm, Main Street, Ingleby, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HW
Received 18 Aug 201699 Hillside Road, Linton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6RA
Received 23 Aug 20165 The Green, Weston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2BJ
Received 23 Aug 20166 The Green, Weston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2BJ
Received 23 Aug 20162 Main Street, Ambaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 3ES
Received 23 Aug 201616 Victoria Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8FQ
Received 23 Aug 201627 Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7JJ
Received 12 Aug 2016Land At Sk3528 7368, Swarkestone Road, Barrow On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 24 Aug 20164 Midland Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0AG
Received 24 Aug 20165 Sycamore Close, Linton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6PS
Received 25 Aug 2016Records 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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