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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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466 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DW
Received 30 May 2022102 Excelsior Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8DW
Received 30 May 202215 Cottage Close, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0JL
Received 31 May 20227 Bancroft Close, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5WB
Received 31 May 202211 Burdett Way, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GA
Received 1 Jun 2022Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby,DE73 8EN
Received 1 Jun 2022Land at Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7EY
Received 1 Jun 2022Midland Lead Ltd, Kiln Way, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8ED
Received 1 Jun 202219 Queensway, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FG
Received 1 Jun 20224 Coronation Close, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FH
Received 2 Jun 2022Wellington House, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 6 Jun 202212 Millfield, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HD
Received 6 Jun 2022The Mews, Radbourne, Ashbourne, DE6 4LY
Received 6 Jun 2022Copswood, Grangewood, Swadlincote, DE12 8BE
Received 6 Jun 2022Green Farm, Twyford Road, Barrow On Trent, Derby, DE73 7HJ
Received 7 Jun 202230 Standing Butts Close, Walton-on-trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NJ
Received 7 Jun 202229 Trent Lane, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BT
Received 7 Jun 2022Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 7 Jun 2022Land at SK3931 5448, Snelsmoor Lane, Boulton, Derby
Received 7 Jun 20229 Heron Drive, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7QL
Received 7 Jun 20228 Derwent Court, Willington, Derby, DE65 6ED
Received 7 Jun 2022Phase 2 East Midlands Gateway Development, Ashby Road, Castle Donington
Received 7 Jun 20225 Aston Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0PD
Received 1 Jun 2022Coach House, 1 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 7 Sept 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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