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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 10 Nov 2011 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land Adjacent, 19 Nettlefold Crescent, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DA
Received 14 May 201968 Gresley Wood Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9QN
Received 14 May 201912 Coventry Close, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7PW
Received 16 May 2019Woodview House, Woodview Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0UG
Received 16 May 2019Land Adjacent To, The Drum And Monkey, Castle Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire., DE11 9LH
Received 15 May 2019Land At Sk3321 4393, Coal Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 15 May 2019100 Meadow Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0UT
Received 20 May 20192 Blackwell Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8JG
Received 20 May 2019Land At Sk3725 8464, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DG
Received 20 May 201982 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9JG
Received 20 May 2019St Giles Church, Calke Abbey, Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7LE
Received 20 May 201921 Tennyson Avenue, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0DT
Received 20 May 2019The Homestead, Weston Road, Weston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2BH
Received 20 May 20196 Dalefield Drive, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9BT
Received 20 May 2019Woodside Farm, Colliery Lane, Linton, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6PB
Received 20 May 2019Tissington House, Church Broughton Road, Foston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5PW
Received 20 May 201914 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DS
Received 20 May 20191 Hillcrest, Aston On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2DX
Received 20 May 2019Buildings Farm, Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7AU
Received 21 May 2019Hillside Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 2TY
Received 21 May 2019Walton Hall Cottage And Garden Cottage, Walton Hall, Main Street, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8LZ
Received 15 May 2019193 Acresford Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6HY
Received 21 May 2019Former Calder Aluminium Works, Repton Road, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6BX
Received 9 May 201953 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6LP
Received 22 May 2019Records 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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