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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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10 Hill View, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GT
Received 12 Sept 202312 Hill View, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GT
Received 12 Sept 20231 Ellison Avenue, Aston-on-trent, Derby, DE72 2BD
Received 13 Sept 2023Units 1 -4 Old Barn Farm, Rosliston Road, Walton-on-trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LR
Received 13 Sept 2023Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy, Riber Drive, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6WS
Received 13 Sept 2023Pool Cottage Residential Home, Pool Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8AA
Received 13 Sept 20238 Bretby Heights, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0BS
Received 13 Sept 202312 Chestnut Way, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FQ
Received 14 Sept 2023New House, Scropton Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5PS
Received 14 Sept 202342 Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GG
Received 11 Sept 2023Land adjacent to 21 Main Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EQ
Received 14 Sept 2023133 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QP
Received 14 Sept 2023Tetron Point, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 14 Sept 2023Garden Wall to the east of Sunken Gardens, Former Drakelow Hall, Walton Road
Received 14 Sept 202359 Derby Road, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AE
Received 13 Sept 2023Riverbank And Built-up Areas Between Derwent Street And The A601, Along The Eastern Boundary At Darwin Place And Along The Southern Sections At Meadow Road And Meadow Lane, Derby
Received 13 Sept 2023Land north of Occupation Lane (Woodville Regeneration Area), Woodville, Swadlincote
Received 15 Sept 202346 Hope Way, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9BL
Received 15 Sept 2023Pool Cottage Residential Home, Pool Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8AA
Received 13 Sept 2023Egginton Junction Station, Egginton road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 6GU
Received 18 Sept 2023Land off Mount Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Received 18 Sept 20238 Castle Mews, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LW
Received 15 Sept 2023Basford Hill Farmhouse, Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JJ
Received 11 Sept 2023Manor Court, Church Lane, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HR
Received 19 Sept 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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