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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 15 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Harpurs Of Melbourne, 2 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8FE
Received 18 Jan 201711 Silver Lane, Thulston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 3TQ
Received 18 Jan 2017Foremark Hall, Chestnut Avenue, Foremark, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6EJ
Received 19 Jan 201764 George Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9NZ
Received 16 Jan 2017Highfields, Sleepy Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BU
Received 26 Jan 2017Coppice Nook Farm, Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BJ
Received 16 Jan 201733 High Street, Repton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6GD
Received 9 Feb 2017Bowling Green, Off Willow Park Way, Aston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2DF
Received 9 Feb 2017Tbt Tyres, Barn Cottage, Stenson Road, Stenson, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 1LG
Received 9 Feb 201741 Clifton Road, Netherseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8BP
Received 10 Feb 201727 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0SJ
Received 10 Feb 201721, Willow Court, Civic Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0BW
Received 3 Mar 2017Units 1a To 1b, Boardman Industrial Estate, Boardman Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DL
Received 2 Mar 2017Brookfield Social Club, Brookfield, Barrow On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HG
Received 2 Mar 2017The Manor, Hillside Road, Linton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6RA
Received 2 Mar 2017The Hawthorns, 52 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0SJ
Received 2 Mar 20171 Abbey Lodge Close, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0LB
Received 3 Mar 2017Newton Mount, Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0QS
Received 3 Mar 201715 Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6LD
Received 6 Mar 201724 Lancaster Drive, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5JQ
Received 6 Mar 201710 Stanleigh Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6LT
Received 6 Mar 2017Land Adjacent To, 194 Station Road, Hatton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5EH
Received 6 Mar 2017Land At Sk3826 5942, Chantry Farm, Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BT
Received 19 Jan 20172 Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8GG
Received 20 Jan 2017Records 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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