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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2007 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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1 Turnbarrel, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FD
Received 18 Oct 2024Land south of Grangewood Road, Netherseal, Swadlincote
Received 18 Oct 2024Hennisfield Farm, James Lane, Sutton On The Hill, Derby, Derbyshire, DE6 5JF
Received 18 Oct 2024The Haven, Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 18 Oct 2024Land at Riding Bank, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, DE73 8DG
Received 18 Oct 2024Labcorp, Shardlow Business Park, London Road, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GD
Received 21 Oct 202431 Chapel Street, Ticknall, DE73 7JY
Received 14 Oct 2024Land Adjacent To, Mill Green House, Brook Lane, Scropton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5PN
Received 21 Oct 202445 Potter Street, Melbourne, DE73 8DW
Received 14 Oct 202418 Ashby Road East, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0PT
Received 21 Oct 202422 William Newton Close, Egginton, Derbyshire, DE65 6HN
Received 14 Oct 2024Newlands House, Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DA
Received 22 Oct 2024129 Main Street, Linton, DE12 6QA
Received 15 Oct 2024Blenheim House Hotel, 56 - 58 Main Street, Etwall, DE65 6LP
Received 16 Oct 20246 Sycamore Close, Linton, DE12 6PS
Received 17 Oct 2024Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 23 Oct 202465 Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 23 Oct 202448 Beech Avenue, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DB
Received 24 Oct 202411 Dulverton Avenue, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3AT
Received 11 Sept 202421 Askew Grove, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GJ
Received 9 Oct 20243 The Mews, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LQ
Received 25 Oct 202417 Chapel Lane, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HE
Received 25 Oct 2024Lullington Court, Coton Road, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8EJ
Received 25 Oct 202452 Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DA
Received 28 Oct 2024Records 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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