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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 21 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land north of Scropton Lane, Scropton, Derby
Received 16 Oct 202311 Yew Tree Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EX
Received 11 Oct 202371 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 17 Oct 202314 Marlpit Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JY
Received 17 Oct 2023Unnamed Section Of A514 From B587 To Swarkestone Bridge, Stanton-by-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HS
Received 17 Oct 202323 Trent Lane, Kings Newton, DE73 8BT
Received 13 Oct 2023Gorsty Fields, Ashbourne Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AT
Received 17 Oct 202310 Toulmin Drive, Swadlincote, DE11 0BH
Received 18 Oct 2023Land between 12 and 16 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 18 Oct 2023Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EP
Received 13 Oct 20232 Mileburne House, Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GG
Received 2 Oct 2023Land at Stenson Road, Stenson, DE73 7HL
Received 18 Oct 202332 Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BT
Received 19 Oct 2023Hawthorn House, Main Street, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PP
Received 20 Oct 2023Guinea Farm, Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 20 Oct 202312 Mercia Close, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5DR
Received 20 Oct 2023Old Station Cottages, Etwall Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6GW
Received 20 Oct 202313 Wilson Close, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DT
Received 23 Oct 2023The Croft, Burnheath Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FE
Received 23 Oct 2023Land North of Derby Road, Hilton
Received 23 Oct 2023Windle Hill farm, Back lane, Sutton on the Hill, Ashbourne, DE6 5JH
Received 24 Oct 2023Land at Junction of A38 and A5132, The Castle Way, Willington , Eggington, DE65 6GY
Received 24 Oct 2023Land at junction of A38 and A5132, The Castle Way, Willington
Received 24 Oct 2023Land at junction of A38 and A5132, The Castle Way, Willington
Received 24 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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