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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
94 Shardlow House, London Road, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GP
Received 5 Aug 2016158 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9JJ
Received 5 Aug 2016Oaklands Farm, Sutton Road, Church Broughton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5DE
Received 5 Aug 2016Clock Warehouse 198, London Road, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GL
Received 5 Aug 2016120 Coton Park, Linton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6RF
Received 8 Aug 2016Woodside Farm, Stanton Hill, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7LA
Received 8 Aug 201646 48 Grove Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DD
Received 8 Aug 201646 48 Grove Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DD
Received 8 Aug 2016Hanger House, Woodyard Lane, Foston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5DJ
Received 8 Aug 2016Maidensley Farm, Foston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5DL
Received 8 Aug 201628 Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EJ
Received 8 Aug 2016Long Furlongs Farm, Coton Lane, Rosliston, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8HN
Received 9 Aug 201650 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8FE
Received 9 Aug 2016Land At Sk3724 0194, The Common, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DH
Received 9 Aug 2016Land To The Corner Of, The Leys And, Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0TU
Received 9 Aug 2016Highfield House, Heage Lane, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6LS
Received 9 Aug 2016Brookfield Farm, Schoolpiece Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5DH
Received 9 Aug 201644 The Woodlands, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DQ
Received 9 Aug 20161 Holden House, Canal Bank, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GL
Received 9 Aug 2016Tower Farm, Swarkestone Road, Weston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2BU
Received 10 Aug 2016Land To The South And East Of, Hollybrook Way, Portico Road And Bowbank Close (Highfields Farm), Rykneld Road, Findern, Derby,
Received 10 Aug 2016Breach Farm, Cadley Lane, Caldwell, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6RJ
Received 11 Aug 2016The Bungalow 179, Linton Heath, Linton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6PE
Received 11 Aug 20162 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EQ
Received 11 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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