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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 20 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 13 Jul 2022Tetron Park, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 14 Jul 202213 Elm Drive, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GS
Received 15 Jul 202223 Malmesbury Avenue, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PS
Received 15 Jul 2022The Byre, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 15 Jul 2022Chantry Farm, Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 15 Jul 2022Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 15 Jul 2022Land off Longford Lane, Longford, Ashbourne, DE6 5JB
Received 15 Jul 2022Bladon Lodge Newton Road, Newton Solney, Burton on Trent, DE15 0TQ
Received 18 Jul 2022ATL Warehousing, Woodyard Lane, Hanger House, Woodyard Lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5DJ
Received 18 Jul 202238 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GJ
Received 18 Jul 2022Ashlea, Breach lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PU
Received 18 Jul 2022Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 18 Jul 202253 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0HU
Received 18 Jul 2022Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 18 Jul 2022Top Wood, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QL
Received 18 Jul 202222B Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ET
Received 18 Jul 2022128 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GP
Received 18 Jul 2022Cottage Farm, Grangewood, Swadlincote, DE12 8BG
Received 29 Jun 20221 Kent Way, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9SS
Received 19 Jul 2022Etwall Grove, Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NP
Received 19 Jul 2022The Mews, Radbourne, Ashbourne, DE6 4LY
Received 19 Jul 2022Newhall centre, Meadow Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0UW
Received 19 Jul 2022Clifford House, Ingeby Road, Stanton-by-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HT
Received 19 Jul 2022Records 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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