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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ye Olde Packhorse Inn, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, DE73 8BZ.
Received 18 Aug 2023Sapperton Manor, Sapperton Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AU
Received 10 Aug 2023Willshee's Waste And Recycling Limited, Keith Willshee Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9EN
Received 11 Aug 2023Talbot Farm Nursery, Derby Road, Hilton , DE65 5FP
Received 18 Aug 2023Silsden, Coton Road, Walton-On-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NL
Received 18 Aug 202318 Church Hill, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LT
Received 21 Aug 202319 Aston Hall Drive, Aston-on-trent, Derby, DE72 2DD
Received 21 Aug 20237 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GH
Received 21 Aug 2023Farm House, Porters Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AJ
Received 21 Aug 2023Land at Uttoxeter Road, Derbyshire, DE65 5BG
Received 21 Aug 20231 Castle Mews, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LW
Received 21 Aug 2023Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DW
Received 21 Aug 202345 Alton Way, Littleover, Derby, DE23 3XD
Received 21 Aug 2023Westonhill Farm, The Barn, Bridge Lane, Weston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BU
Received 22 Aug 2023Land off High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0HT
Received 22 Aug 202327 Clifton Road, Netherseal, DE12 8BP
Received 23 Aug 2023580 Leawood Cottage, Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DP
Received 23 Aug 202312 Park Row, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RL
Received 23 Aug 20233 Mill Farm, Repton, Derby, DE65 6RR
Received 23 Aug 2023Land north of Drift Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FW
Received 23 Aug 202322 The Woodlands, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DP
Received 23 Aug 2023Nos. 6 to 12 Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 24 Aug 2023181 Wilmot Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9BN
Received 24 Aug 2023Willow View, Cropper Lane, Osleston, Ashbourne, DE6 5JJ
Received 14 Aug 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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