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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To, Brookside Farm, Brook Lane, Foston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5PW
Received 2 Aug 201846 Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NP
Received 2 Aug 201881 Bells End Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NF
Received 3 Aug 201827 Allison Avenue, Swadlincote, DE11 9BS
Received 3 Aug 2018Greenacre, Bent Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BA
Received 3 Aug 2018New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 3 Aug 2018Trent Valley Crematorium, Derby Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AF
Received 3 Aug 201820 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 3 Aug 201881 Chellaston Lane, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AX
Received 6 Aug 201894 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FL
Received 6 Aug 201810 Midway Road, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7NR
Received 6 Aug 20186 Grove Court, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3WF
Received 6 Aug 20187 High Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 8JE
Received 6 Aug 201872 Ash Cottage, Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FG
Received 6 Aug 20186 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EQ
Received 6 Aug 2018100 Duck Street, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HG
Received 18 Jul 2018Shell Garage At, Derby With Burton Service Station, Etwall Road, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 7 Aug 201826 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7JH
Received 7 Aug 20186 Mill Lane, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5GP
Received 8 Aug 201814 Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8ES
Received 8 Aug 20187 Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6NB
Received 6 Aug 2018Land At Sk3725 9664, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 8 Aug 2018The Firs, Uttoxeter Road, Foston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5DL
Received 8 Aug 2018Cedar Lawns, Forties Lane, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 2SN
Received 8 Aug 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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