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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 30 Oct 2009 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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The Old Granary, 40, Twyford Road, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HA
Received 13 Jul 2023Land North of Drift Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FW
Received 13 Jul 2023Lowes lane Shooting Club, Lowes lane, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7GQ
Received 13 Jul 2023Middle Hayes Farm, Green Lane, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JP
Received 10 Jul 2023Hollies Farm, Trent Side, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7GU
Received 14 Jul 202320 Mansfields Croft, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NJ
Received 14 Jul 2023Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SX
Received 14 Jul 2023The Old School, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 17 Jul 20232 Bradshaw Meadow, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5QA
Received 17 Jul 20235 Wakelyn Close, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GQ
Received 17 Jul 202316 Back Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GJ
Received 17 Jul 202352 Silkstone Close, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9PE
Received 17 Jul 2023Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 11 Jul 2023Knights Lodges , Knights Lane, Bretby, Burton on Trent, DE15 0RT
Received 17 Jul 2023Knights Lodges , Knights Lane, Bretby, Burton on Trent, DE15 0RT
Received 17 Jul 2023The Leas, Sinfin Lane, Barrow On Trent, DE73 7HH
Received 17 Jul 2023Land at Common Piece Lane , Findern , DE65 6AE
Received 17 Jul 2023Thulston Fields Farm, Snelsmoor Lane, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3FB
Received 17 Jul 202389 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JE
Received 13 Jul 2023Land at The Cutting, Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7HS
Received 18 Jul 2023Unit 7 And 8, The Pipeworks, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9FQ
Received 18 Jul 20237 Slade Close, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JH
Received 19 Jul 20234 Buckingham Drive, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9LD
Received 19 Jul 202381 York Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QQ
Received 19 Jul 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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