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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Olive Lodge, Sandbanks, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DG
Received 29 Jun 202339 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 30 Jun 202342 Pear Tree Avenue, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0NB
Received 3 Jul 2023Land to the rear of 69a and 69b, Repton Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AE
Received 3 Jul 202315 Wye Dale, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9RP
Received 3 Jul 2023Land to the rear of 52 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SJ
Received 3 Jul 2023154 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 3 Jul 2023Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 3 Jul 2023Westbrook Farm, Green Lane, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8EE
Received 3 Jul 2023Westbrook Farm, Green Lane, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8EE
Received 3 Jul 2023Hill Farm, Knights Lane, Repton, Derby, DE15 0RT
Received 3 Jul 2023140 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DU
Received 3 Jul 2023Silverhill Farm, Unnamed Road Through Radbourne From C245 To C45, Radbourne, Ashbourne, DE6 4LY
Received 3 Jul 20231 Walnut Close, Barrow-On-Trent, Derby, DE73 7JL
Received 3 Jul 2023Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elvaston, DE72 3EP
Received 29 Jun 202315 Risborrow Close, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HY
Received 4 Jul 2023Plots 5 and P2-01, Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BG
Received 4 Jul 2023Land to the rear of 69a and 69b, Repton Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AE
Received 4 Jul 2023High Standing, Unnamed Section Of A514 From B587 To Swarkestone Bridge, Stanton-by-bridge, Derby, DE73 7HS
Received 29 Jun 2023Rectory Farm, Chellaston Lane, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AX
Received 4 Jul 2023John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 4 Jul 2023Meadow Farm, Woodshop Lane, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JA
Received 5 Jul 2023The Forge, Boggy Lane, Heathtop, Derby, DE65 5AR
Received 5 Jul 2023Ye Olde Packhorse Inn, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BZ
Received 3 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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