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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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72 Oak Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9RD
Received 20 Jun 2022Site of former Our Monkey Club Nursery, York Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote
Received 20 Jun 2022William Allitt School, Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TL
Received 20 Jun 2022Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7EY
Received 20 Jun 2022Land at Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 20 Jun 2022Broomy Farm, Land at Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 20 Jun 2022158 The Old Chapel Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JH
Received 20 Jun 2022Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 20 Jun 2022The Spinney, Trent lane, Weston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BT
Received 16 Jun 2022Cadley Park, Land North of William Nadin Way, Swadlincote
Received 16 Jun 202258 Coronation Street, Swadlincote, DE11 0QB
Received 21 Jun 2022Granville Academy, Burton Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JR
Received 21 Jun 2022The Pingle Academy, Coronation street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0QA
Received 21 Jun 202253 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QW
Received 22 Jun 2022Heath Farm, The Housemartins, Uttoxeter Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 22 Jun 20222 High Street, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6QL
Received 16 Jun 2022Fern Cottage, 77 Main Street, Rosliston, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8JL
Received 16 Jun 202270 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GF
Received 22 Jun 2022Kings Newton Bowls Club, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BZ
Received 21 Jun 202249 Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DB
Received 22 Jun 202214 Church Hill, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LT
Received 22 Jun 202224 The Chase, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8HY
Received 23 Jun 2022Land North West Of Electricity Transformer Station At Mount Castle Road, Gresley, Swadlincote , DE11 9ES
Received 23 Jun 2022Melbourne Assembly Rooms, Leisure Centre, High Street, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GF
Received 23 Jun 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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