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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 9 Dec 2013 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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22 Burton Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9HD
Received 13 Mar 2017100 Vale House, Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EP
Received 9 Mar 2017238 Hillside Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9HE
Received 10 Mar 201726 The Woodlands, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DP
Received 10 Mar 2017Radbourne Hall, Unnamed Section Of C45 From C245 Heage Lane To Derby City Boundary, Radbourne, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 4LZ
Received 13 Mar 20179 Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8LY
Received 14 Mar 201744 The Pastures, Repton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6GG
Received 14 Mar 2017Melbourne Methodist Church, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EJ
Received 14 Mar 201712 Rosliston Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8NQ
Received 14 Mar 201725 Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BT
Received 14 Mar 2017The Limes, Highfield Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9AS
Received 14 Mar 2017Field House Farm, Watery Lane, Scropton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5PL
Received 14 Mar 2017Ye Olde Packhorse Inn, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BZ
Received 10 Mar 20174 Park Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6JS
Received 13 Mar 2017Melbourne Methodist Church, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EJ
Received 14 Mar 20176 Waterside, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6ET
Received 15 Mar 2017Etwall Lawns, 82 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6LP
Received 16 Mar 2017Etwall Lawns, 82 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6LP
Received 16 Mar 2017The Old Rectory, Trusley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 5JG
Received 15 Mar 2017161 Woodland Road, Stanton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE15 9TJ
Received 17 Mar 2017Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elvaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 3EP
Received 16 Mar 2017183a, Woodland Road, Stanton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE15 9SU
Received 17 Mar 2017Shardlow Marina And Holiday Caravan Park, London Road, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GL
Received 18 Mar 2017Glenhaven, The Square, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0RF
Received 17 Mar 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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