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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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136 London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GP
Received 13 Jun 20234 Oldfield Drive, Swadlincote, DE11 0BE
Received 13 Jun 2023Tetron Park, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 13 Jun 202393 Merlin Way, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UJ
Received 13 Jun 202384 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JG
Received 9 Jun 2023Land at Boulton Moor Phase 3
Received 9 Jun 202340 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7EA
Received 14 Jun 2023Land at SK2817 5619 off Oak Close, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Received 14 Jun 20236 Ellison Avenue, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BD
Received 14 Jun 20235 Dog Lane, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DE
Received 15 Jun 2023Unit 9, Occupation Lane, Woodville, DE11 8EX
Received 12 Jun 2023Brookswood, 1A Church Street, Coton In The Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EZ
Received 13 Jun 20235 Goathland Road, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3BW
Received 15 Jun 202328 Pear Tree Avenue, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0NB
Received 15 Jun 2023Grafton House, Lullington Road, Coton-in-the-elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EW
Received 16 Jun 2023Church Broughton Methodist Chapel, Chapel lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5BB
Received 13 Jun 202331 Chapel Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JY
Received 16 Jun 2023Jobcentreplus, 7 The Delph Centre, Market Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DY
Received 16 Jun 2023Kings Newton Hall, Kings Newton, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 1BX
Received 13 Jun 202372 Gresley Wood Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QN
Received 19 Jun 2023Land at Field View, Station Road, Melbourne, DE73 8BR
Received 19 Jun 20235 Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ES
Received 19 Jun 2023239 Burton Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JN
Received 19 Jun 2023The Forge, Boggy Lane, Heathtop, Derby, DE65 5AR
Received 19 Jun 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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