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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Coronation Street, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LH
Received 8 Oct 2024Highfield House, Repton Road, Newton Solney, Burton on Trent, DE15 0SG
Received 8 Oct 202486 Burton Road, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BE
Received 8 Oct 2024Talbot Farm Nursery, Derby Road, Hilton, DE65 5FP
Received 8 Oct 20241 Castle Mews, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8LW
Received 8 Oct 2024Royal Oak Cottage, Main Street, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AS
Received 9 Oct 2024Twyford Cottage, 2 The Old Waterworks, Meadow Lane, Milton, Derby, DE65 6PL
Received 9 Oct 20242 Lynmouth House, Welland Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5NP
Received 26 Sept 202438 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 9 Oct 20242 Lynmouth House, Welland Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5NP
Received 26 Sept 20242 Lynmouth House, Welland Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5NP
Received 26 Sept 20242 Lynmouth House, Welland Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5NP
Received 26 Sept 202470 Gresley Wood Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9QN
Received 7 Oct 2024Woodhaven, Grangewood, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BH
Received 9 Oct 202436-44 Mount Pleasant Road and Land to the rear, Repton, DE65 6GQ
Received 9 Oct 202441 High Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JB
Received 7 Oct 202416 Dove Rise, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GN
Received 10 Oct 202435-36 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 10 Oct 202438 Main Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EZ
Received 7 Oct 2024Barton Park House, Ashbourne Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AT
Received 11 Oct 2024Land east of Chellaston Lane and south of Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 10 Oct 2024Land east of Chellaston Lane and south of Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 10 Oct 202410 Chartley Road, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3BT
Received 10 Oct 202463 The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HG
Received 11 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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