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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land off Coalpit Lane, Coton-in-the-Elms
Received 19 Jul 2023Land North Of Little Wigston Appleby Magna Derby
Received 14 Jul 2023Mitre Cottage, Mitre Drive, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FJ
Received 19 Jul 2023Pippin Heath, Kings Newton Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DD
Received 19 Jul 2023The Coppice, Cadley Hill Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9EQ
Received 19 Jul 2023Hillgrove Cottage, Watery Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 20 Jul 2023Trusley Manor, Unnamed Road From Butterpot Lane Through Trusley To C45, Trusley, Ashbourne, DE6 5JG
Received 20 Jul 202389 Springfield Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LA
Received 21 Jul 2023Land to the Rear of 28A Burton Road and north of Coronation Street, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6JJ
Received 20 Jun 2018Land at SK3126 0097, Milton Road, Repton, Derby
Received 21 Jul 202357 Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GG
Received 21 Jul 202324 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 17 Jul 2023John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 24 Jul 2023577 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DQ
Received 19 Jul 202311 Finch Crescent, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0TT
Received 24 Jul 202314 Forrester Avenue, Weston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2HX
Received 24 Jul 2023Land South of Foston, Derbyshire
Received 14 Jul 20235 Maypole Hill, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0JP
Received 12 Jul 2023Station Farm, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BQ
Received 24 Jul 202342-44 Grove Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DD
Received 19 Jul 2023Gunby Farm, Gunby Hill, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8AS
Received 25 Jul 2023Chantry Farm, Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 25 Jul 2023John Port Spencer Academy, Main street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 26 Jul 2023Ashe Hall, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HT
Received 26 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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