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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodcock Farm, Willowpit Lane, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FN
Received 18 Feb 2018Woodside Cottage, Grangewood, Grangewood, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8BG
Received 19 Feb 201818 Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0PT
Received 13 Feb 20186 Green Way, Findern, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6AQ
Received 19 Feb 201834 Linton Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HS
Received 13 Feb 20182 Spring Street, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9LG
Received 12 Feb 20187 Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NB
Received 13 Feb 2018Park Farm, Acresford Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6HY
Received 19 Feb 2018Stenson House, Derby Road, Stenson, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HL
Received 13 Feb 201812 Bretby Heights, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0BS
Received 20 Feb 2018Lambert House, Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8ES
Received 14 Feb 2018Land Fronting 94, 96 & 98, Burton Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EW
Received 21 Feb 2018Middle Hayes, Green Lane, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6JP
Received 21 Feb 2018Two Hoots, The Common, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DH
Received 21 Feb 201894 The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6BU
Received 21 Feb 201862 George Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9NZ
Received 22 Feb 201813 Mill Close, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7NU
Received 15 Feb 201871 Newman Drive, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9SR
Received 19 Feb 2018Land At Sk4024 0232, Pool Road, Melbourne, Derby,
Received 22 Feb 2018Breach Farm, Cadley Lane, Caldwell, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6RJ
Received 19 Feb 2018Council Depot, Darklands Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0PQ
Received 22 Feb 20182 Edmunds Square, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 0DU
Received 21 Feb 2018Manor Cottage, Hillside Road, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6RA
Received 22 Feb 2018134 Derby Road, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FP
Received 22 Feb 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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