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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 4 Nov 2010 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bretby Business Park, Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0YZ
Received 31 Jan 202322 Sandcliffe Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PH
Received 31 Jan 2023Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby
Received 31 Jan 2023Land at SK2130 8875 South of Derby Road, Hatton
Received 31 Jan 2023Land at SK2130 8875 South Of Derby Road Hatton Derby
Received 31 Jan 202383 Aston Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GX
Received 1 Feb 202327 Leawood Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PN
Received 1 Feb 202311 The Green, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BP
Received 1 Feb 2023117 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GP
Received 2 Feb 2023Thomas Cook Memorial Cottages, High Street, Melbourne, DE73 8GJ
Received 2 Feb 202326 Swadlincote Lane, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9EG
Received 3 Feb 20237 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GH
Received 3 Feb 20234 Church Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JU
Received 6 Feb 20232 Cowlishaw Close, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GS
Received 6 Feb 2023Land to the North West of Barn Farm and to the South of Walton Road and the Former Drakelow Power Station
Received 6 Feb 20239 Canal Bridge, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BQ
Received 6 Feb 202311 Canal Bridge, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BQ
Received 7 Feb 20234 Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FL
Received 6 Feb 2023Brookfields farm, Schoolpiece lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5DH
Received 7 Feb 20232 Cinderlands Cottage, Linton Road, Caldwell, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 6RU
Received 6 Feb 2023First Fence Ltd, Kiln Way, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8EA
Received 7 Feb 202334 Albert Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QS
Received 8 Feb 202396 Moray Close, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HL
Received 8 Feb 2023Land at SK2817 5619 off Oak Close, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Received 8 Feb 2023Records 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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