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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Buckler Spencer, 34, Church Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8LN
Received 9 Oct 202359 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9JE
Received 9 Oct 20232 Walnut Close, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0RB
Received 10 Oct 202368 Park Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0JJ
Received 10 Oct 2023Hilton Business Park, Lowman Way, Hilton, DE65 5UR
Received 10 Oct 20232 Lark Hill, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0US
Received 10 Oct 202312 Park Row, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RL
Received 9 Oct 202347 Pinfold Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GH
Received 10 Oct 2023Gorsty Fields, Ashbourne Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AT
Received 10 Oct 20231 Main street, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6EZ
Received 9 Oct 2023Land north of Drift Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FW
Received 10 Oct 202337 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 11 Oct 202364 Oxford Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9NB
Received 9 Oct 2023The Old House, Catton Road, Walton-On-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LL
Received 12 Oct 2023Lock 4, Weston Lock, Kings Mill Lane, Weston on Trent, DE72 2BT
Received 12 Oct 2023Cottage Filling Station, Derby Road, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JB
Received 12 Oct 2023Town Farm Cottage, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Bretby, DE15 0RD
Received 13 Oct 202324 Woodward Way, Swadlincote, DE11 8EP
Received 13 Oct 2023Aston Hall Drive, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2DE
Received 13 Oct 2023303 Grampian Way, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3JH
Received 12 Oct 202320 Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 16 Oct 20236 Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 16 Oct 2023Lees Hall Farm, Marjory Lane, Harehill, Ashbourne, DE6 5AA
Received 16 Oct 2023Land at SK2819 1873 (Site C), William Nadin Way, Swadlincote
Received 16 Oct 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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