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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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79 South Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GB
Received 9 Aug 2022Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 9 Aug 2022Melbourne Assembly Rooms, Leisure Centre, High Street, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GF
Received 9 Aug 2022Anwell and Marsh Woodland, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch
Received 9 Aug 2022Midland Lead LTD, Kiln way, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 8ED
Received 10 Aug 202241a Main Street, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 10 Aug 202223 Hastings Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9AH
Received 8 Aug 2022The Bungalow, Trent Lane, Weston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2BT
Received 11 Aug 202259 Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 11 Aug 2022Foremark Reservoir, Calke Abbey, Ticknall Road, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EG
Received 12 Aug 2022Cafe, Staunton Harold Reservoir, Calke Road, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8DN
Received 12 Aug 2022Staunton Harold Reservoir Car Park, Main Street, Calke, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1RR
Received 12 Aug 20223 Alexandra Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LL
Received 12 Aug 2022Potlocks Farm, Radbourne, Ashbourne, DE6 4LZ
Received 15 Aug 20221 Mallard Walk, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0TF
Received 12 Aug 2022The Haven, Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 15 Aug 2022Land South West Of Holmleigh Way, Chellaston, Derby
Received 15 Aug 2022Tetron Park, Former Bison Precast site, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 15 Aug 20225 Rosliston Road, Walton-on-trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NQ
Received 16 Aug 202226a Ernest Hall Way, Swadlincote, DE11 8JJ
Received 15 Aug 2022Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 16 Aug 2022Land At Former Calder Works, Repton Road, Willington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6PD
Received 16 Aug 2022Land Opposite 104 Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AT
Received 17 Aug 202218 Springwood Farm Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0XE
Received 17 Aug 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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