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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Derbyshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Derbyshire website
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Sept 2008 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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23 Sutton Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FB
Received 20 Aug 2026Newton Lane Farm, Newton Lane, Newton Solney, Burton on Trent, DE15 0RU
Received 21 Aug 2026Hoon Hay Manor, Marston Lane, Hatton, Derby DE65 5EA
Received 21 Aug 2026Brook House, Ingleby Road, Stanton by Bridge, DE73 7HU
Received 21 Aug 20265 Dale View, Willington, Derby, DE65 6RL
Received 21 Aug 202644 Linton Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9HS
Received 11 Aug 2026Land At Sk3931 2744, Mill Hill, Boulton Moor, Derby, Derbyshire
Received 21 Aug 202632 Winchester Drive, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PW
Received 24 Aug 202620 Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0ST
Received 24 Aug 202632 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 24 Aug 202685 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 24 Aug 2026Dower House, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8JH
Received 20 Aug 202634 Twyford Road, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HA
Received 24 Aug 2026Land off Ward Lane, Kings Newton , DE73 8BX
Received 24 Aug 2026Site D, Cadley Park, off Park Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Received 24 Aug 202628 Woodlands Way, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DR
Received 24 Aug 2026Land North East of The Ash Grove, Ash Grove Lane, Egginton Common, Derby, DE65 6GU
Received 24 Aug 202614 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 25 Aug 2026Broadstone Holt, Bog Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8HU
Received 25 Aug 202654 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0HU
Received 25 Aug 2026133 Twyford Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DG
Received 25 Aug 2026Hill Farm, 183 Woodland Road, Stanton, Burton on Trent, DE15 9TJ
Received 18 Aug 2026Coopers Arms, Weston Hall, Weston on Trent, Derbyshire, DE72 2BJ
Received 18 Aug 20262 Canal Bank, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GL
Received 3 Aug 2026Records 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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