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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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80 Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ES
Received 24 Aug 202225 Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 25 Aug 2022Grange Farm, 70 Twyford Road, Barrow-on-trent, Derby, DE73 7HA
Received 25 Aug 202239 Kesbrook Drive, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6NS
Received 25 Aug 202244 Pennine Way, Swadlincote, DE11 9EX
Received 26 Aug 2022Etwall Common, Land at SK 2730 1591, East of Egginton Road and North of Jacksons Lane, Etwall Common, Derby
Received 26 Aug 202241 Grove Close, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3EY
Received 26 Aug 20228 Porters Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AJ
Received 29 Aug 20221 Newton Wonder Court, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8HE
Received 29 Aug 20221 Spinney Lodge, Repton, Derby, DE65 6PH
Received 29 Aug 202261 Ashby Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7BZ
Received 29 Aug 2022The Old Apothecary, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 14 Jan 2022Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 30 Aug 2022Land off Badway Lane, Church Brougton, DE65 5AQ
Received 30 Aug 2022Newton Lane Farm, Newton Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RU
Received 30 Aug 2022134 Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EH
Received 30 Aug 202222 Brook End, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FW
Received 30 Aug 2022Land West of Chapelfields, 2A Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 31 Aug 202212 Auden Close, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AG
Received 30 Aug 202223-25 Main Street, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GG
Received 31 Aug 2022Silsden, Coton Road, Walton On Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NL
Received 31 Aug 202218 Midland Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0AL
Received 31 Aug 2022Second Cottage, Pool Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8AA
Received 1 Sept 2022Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 1 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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