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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 29 Nov 2023Land At 97 Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7HY
Received 30 Nov 202313 Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SX
Received 30 Nov 2023Rose Cottage, Osleston Lane, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BN
Received 30 Nov 2023Land near Covert View, Cropper Lane, Ashbourne , DE6 5BL
Received 1 Dec 2023Plot 10, Dove Valley Park, Foston
Received 1 Dec 2023Newhall Methodist Church, Chapel Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0JU
Received 28 Nov 20231 Broomhill Cottage, Jacksons Lane, Etwall Common, Derby, DE65 6PX
Received 4 Dec 2023Birch Tree Farm, Egginton Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 6GU
Received 4 Dec 2023Coton Wood - Woodland Trust Site, Lullington Road, Coton in the Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8EP
Received 4 Dec 2023Field View, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BR
Received 4 Dec 2023The Old Apothecary, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 4 Dec 2023P M Harris , Hilton Business Park , Derby, DE65 5UA
Received 4 Dec 202370 Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0PT
Received 5 Dec 202320 Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 4 Dec 2023Marston Hall, Marston Lane, Marston On Dove, Derby, DE65 5GD
Received 5 Dec 202313 Belvoir Crescent, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0JE
Received 5 Dec 2023The Old Forge Day Nursery, 8 The Green, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AA
Received 5 Dec 2023The Homelands, Scropton Road, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PS
Received 6 Dec 2023Snarrows STW
Received 5 Dec 202322 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SJ
Received 6 Dec 202317 Sidings Drive, Drakelow, Swadlincote, DE15 9UP
Received 6 Dec 20235 Rockcliffe Close, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FD
Received 7 Dec 20239 Lupin Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3EY
Received 7 Dec 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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