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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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28 Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8ES
Received 25 Oct 2018Derby With Burton Service Station, Etwall Road, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6DX
Received 26 Oct 2018Land At Sk2828 2357, The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 27 Oct 2018Lock 3, Aston Lock, Trent And Mersey Canal, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 26 Oct 201849 Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EJ
Received 29 Oct 201880 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 29 Oct 2018Dolly Barn, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6HT
Received 30 Oct 201826 Main Street, Milton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6EF
Received 31 Oct 2018The Lock House, Canal Bank, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GL
Received 31 Oct 2018The Ashes, Shortheath, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6BL
Received 29 Oct 201818 Old Hall Gardens, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9PA
Received 29 Oct 20184 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8EQ
Received 1 Nov 20184, Primavera, Trent Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SF
Received 31 Oct 201831 Midway Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NT
Received 19 Oct 201854 Stanhope Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9BQ
Received 23 Oct 2018Hillside Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 2TY
Received 5 Nov 2018Pool Farm, Woodhouses, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DN
Received 5 Nov 2018Southwood House, Staunton Lane, Calke, Ashby De La Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 1RG
Received 5 Nov 2018The Grange, 16 Main Street, Repton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6EZ
Received 5 Nov 201816 Acresford Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6HX
Received 5 Nov 201869a, School Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9QZ
Received 23 Oct 2018High Standing, Derby Road, Stanton By Bridge, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HS
Received 24 Oct 201831 Bells End Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8ND
Received 29 Oct 201811 The Green, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6BP
Received 6 Nov 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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