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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 21 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Sk2929 2245 (Burnaston Cross), Etwall Road, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 25 Apr 2018Grangewood Farm, Grangewood, Netherseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8BG
Received 30 Apr 201892 Excelsior Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 8DW
Received 1 May 20181, Pistern Hill Cottages, Heath End Lane, Calke, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1RH
Received 1 May 201837 South Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GB
Received 1 May 2018West Farm, Unnamed Road From Twyford Road To Buckford Lane, Stenson, Derby, DE73 7GB
Received 2 May 20186 Linton Heath, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PE
Received 2 May 2018254 Hillside Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HE
Received 3 May 201864 Derby Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AF
Received 2 May 2018248 Hearthcote Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DU
Received 2 May 2018110 Coton Park, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6RF
Received 2 May 2018Hemsley Barn Cottage, Melbourne Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LH
Received 2 May 20183 Laburnum Way, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6JU
Received 3 May 2018Tower Farm, Swarkestone Road, Weston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2BU
Received 3 May 201816 The Green, Aston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2AA
Received 3 May 201830 Doles Lane, Findern, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6AX
Received 4 May 2018The Old Forge 8, The Green, Findern, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6AA
Received 4 May 2018Hair And Beauty Salon, Midland Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0AN
Received 4 May 20182 Twyford Close, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6DL
Received 8 May 201893 Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7HY
Received 8 May 20182 Smith Avenue, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DB
Received 8 May 201811 The Green, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BP
Received 8 May 2018Oaklands Farm, Sutton Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5DE
Received 8 May 2018Buildings Farm, Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AU
Received 9 May 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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