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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 4 Jun 2013 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To, Partrap House, Derby Road, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FP
Received 21 Mar 2018Southfields, 29 Fishpond Lane, Egginton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6HJ
Received 13 Mar 2018Lamb Inn, 20 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 15 Mar 2018705 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DL
Received 15 Mar 20183, Grange Farm Court, Coton Park, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6RP
Received 15 Mar 201837 Willow Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0NW
Received 16 Mar 2018Field Farm, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BR
Received 16 Mar 20182 Yew Tree Gardens, Rosliston, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8JG
Received 13 Apr 20183, Grange Farm Court, Coton Park, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6RP
Received 15 Mar 201860 Willow Park Way, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2DF
Received 2 Mar 2018Beehive Woodland Lakes, Unnamed Road From C181 To C17 Linton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8HZ
Received 3 Mar 2018Etwall Hayes, Willington Road, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6NR
Received 5 Mar 2018Highfields, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DG
Received 5 Mar 20182 Highfield Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9AR
Received 5 Mar 201831 Chapel Street, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7JY
Received 5 Mar 2018Cheetham Arms Farm, Dish Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Derby, Derbyshire, DE6 5JA
Received 5 Mar 2018249 Burton Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7JP
Received 6 Mar 2018354 Burton Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6JW
Received 6 Mar 20188, Gravel Pit Cottages, Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NQ
Received 26 Feb 201878 Derby Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AF
Received 27 Feb 201816 Oversetts Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0SJ
Received 1 Mar 201833 Sage Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JX
Received 2 Mar 2018Calke Abbey, Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7LE
Received 6 Mar 201814 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DS
Received 6 Mar 2018Records 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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