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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 8 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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26 Melton Avenue, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8FP
Received 3 Jul 20174 Bretby Heights, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0BS
Received 3 Jul 2017Lodge Hill Farm, Unnamed Road Leading From Longford Lane To Barton Hall, Church Broughton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5AL
Received 4 Jul 2017Land To The South And East Of, Hollybrook Way, Portico Road And Bowbank Close (Highfields Farm), Rykneld Road, Findern, Derby,
Received 4 Jul 201729 West Avenue, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FY
Received 5 Jul 201778 Burton Road, Findern, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6BE
Received 5 Jul 2017Red Lion, 3 Burton Road, Repton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6FL
Received 5 Jul 2017103 Archway House, Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7JF
Received 5 Jul 20178 Longlands Road, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7PL
Received 5 Jul 201730 Wren Way, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 0UF
Received 5 Jul 2017Beech House, Heath Lane, Boundary, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7AZ
Received 6 Jul 201735 Alleyne Close, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9GH
Received 4 Jul 201717 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DS
Received 4 Jul 201717 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DS
Received 4 Jul 2017Land Adjacent To, The Pines, Grangewood, Grangewood, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8BE
Received 6 Jul 201727 Church Lane, Barrow On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HB
Received 6 Jul 2017Hatton Fields Cottage, Sutton Lane, Hatton Fields, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5GQ
Received 6 Jul 2017Yew Tree House, Coton Road, Lullington, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8EJ
Received 7 Jul 2017348 Burton Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6JW
Received 7 Jul 201717 Aston Hall Drive, Aston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2DD
Received 10 Jul 201763a, Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8BX
Received 10 Jul 2017Burton On Trent Golf Club, 43 Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0PS
Received 10 Jul 2017Park Farm, Pool Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8AB
Received 10 Jul 2017Shardlow House, 94 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GP
Received 11 Jul 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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