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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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1 St Peters Close, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7AB
Received 9 Aug 2018Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8JX
Received 8 Aug 2018Planters At Bretby, Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, Derbyshire, DE15 0QS
Received 8 Aug 201857a, Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0TU
Received 9 Aug 201864 Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0TN
Received 8 Aug 2018Haydon House, 16 Old Hall Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5DA
Received 20 Jul 201824 Mercia Drive, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6DA
Received 9 Aug 201827 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8GJ
Received 9 Aug 2018Keystone Lintels Limited, Ryder Close, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9EU
Received 8 Aug 2018Swadlincote Fire Station, Civic Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0AE
Received 15 Aug 2018The Homestead, Weston Road, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BH
Received 15 Aug 201816 The Potlocks, Willington, Derby, DE65 6YA
Received 15 Aug 2018673 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DL
Received 15 Aug 2018Hillcroft, Coton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NL
Received 15 Aug 201829 Longlands Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AH
Received 16 Aug 20181 Millfield Croft, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0XP
Received 16 Aug 20183 George Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FS
Received 13 Aug 201816 Chestnut Grove, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NG
Received 13 Aug 20185 Leyburn Close, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9PZ
Received 16 Aug 2018Land At Sk2732 5659, Main Street, Etwall, Derby,
Received 16 Aug 2018262 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7LY
Received 16 Aug 2018Ragsdale House, Burton Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JG
Received 17 Aug 201811 Elmsleigh Green, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0EX
Received 17 Aug 2018St Brides Farmhouse, Unnamed Road Leading To St Brides Farm, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, DE73 7NF
Received 17 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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