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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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10 Lawn Avenue, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JB
Received 20 Aug 20188 Chesterfield Drive, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QF
Received 20 Aug 201859 Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 20 Aug 201812 High Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 8HY
Received 20 Aug 2018Land At Sk3130 4810, Common Piece Lane, Findern, Derby,
Received 20 Aug 2018Land At Sk3130 4810, Common Piece Lane, Findern, Derby,
Received 20 Aug 2018Land At, Swarkestone Road, Chellaston, Derby,
Received 21 Aug 201865 Trent Avenue, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DN
Received 21 Aug 2018First Floor Flat, 55a Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 9 Aug 20185 Windmill Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JX
Received 10 Aug 2018Land At, Dish Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Derby, DE6 5JA
Received 10 Aug 2018485 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NB
Received 13 Aug 2018Land To The Rear Of, 176 Oxford Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9NA
Received 13 Aug 201830 Bridge Street, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HX
Received 13 Aug 201898 Weston Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BA
Received 22 Aug 2018Dower House, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 23 Aug 2018107 Springfield Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LA
Received 23 Aug 2018Land To The Rear Of, 45 49 Manchester Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7BE
Received 21 Aug 2018Land At Sk2915 9124, Adjacent To Poplar's Farm, Moira Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6JB
Received 30 Aug 2018Land To The South And East Of, Hollybrook Way, Portico Road And Bowbank Close (Highfields Farm), Rykneld Road, Findern, Derby,
Received 7 Sept 2018Methodist Church, West Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DE
Received 7 Sept 201855 North Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8FZ
Received 23 Aug 201863 Castle Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DY
Received 23 Aug 2018Woodfield Farm, Grangewood, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8BH
Received 24 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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