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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 28 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
87 Regent Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9PJ
Received 14 Mar 2023Land at Smith Avenue, Main Street, Kings Newton, DE73 8HE
Received 14 Mar 2023Keepers Cottage , B587 From Robinsons Hill To County Boundary, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 15 Mar 2023Land North Side Of Bridge Farm , Derby Road, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JB
Received 15 Mar 202371 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JE
Received 15 Mar 2023Land at SK3925 1974, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LH
Received 15 Mar 2023164 Oversetts Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0SN
Received 16 Mar 202377 Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FG
Received 16 Mar 202337 Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FL
Received 16 Mar 2023Junction of Newton Lane and Main Street, Newton Solney
Received 16 Mar 2023572 Burton Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0DP
Received 16 Mar 202366 Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0PT
Received 16 Mar 202365 Mercia Drive, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DA
Received 16 Mar 2023The Butts, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DG
Received 17 Mar 2023Land at SK3126 0097, Milton Road, Repton, Derby
Received 17 Mar 2023Land off Egginton Road, Etwall
Received 17 Mar 2023Land South of the Mease, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire
Received 17 Mar 202345 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 20 Mar 202339 Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derbyshire, DE65 5PX
Received 10 Mar 20234 Clay Pot Gardens, Swadlincote, DE11 0WL
Received 20 Mar 202391 Main Street, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EF
Received 20 Mar 202386 Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ES
Received 20 Mar 20238 Foster Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DZ
Received 20 Mar 2023138 Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BZ
Received 21 Mar 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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