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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
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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Mill Farm, Church Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DF
Received 28 Oct 2024The Cottage, Willowpit Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FN
Received 21 Oct 2024Land to west of Duck Street, Egginton
Received 28 Oct 202425 Tithe Barn Gardens, Repton, Derby, DE65 6SL
Received 28 Oct 2024Dunnsmoor Farm, Dunnsmoor Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AP
Received 28 Oct 2024Land to the rear of 83 Wood Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LX
Received 28 Oct 2024The Paddock (Cadley Park), land south of Copperas Road, Newhall
Received 28 Oct 20243 Arthur Rice Close, Newhall, DE11 0FQ
Received 18 Oct 20242 Church Croft, Coton-in-the-Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8HG
Received 29 Oct 202416 Peregrine Avenue, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6SR
Received 29 Oct 2024Grangewood Farm, Grangewood, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BG
Received 29 Oct 2024Common Farm, B587 From Robinsons Hill To County Boundary, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 29 Oct 2024Lodge Farm, Hall Leys Lane, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8HL
Received 29 Oct 20241 Vicarage Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 8DL
Received 30 Oct 2024Beechwood Park, Main Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EQ
Received 31 Oct 2024Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 18 Oct 2024New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 18 Oct 2024New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 18 Oct 2024Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 18 Oct 2024572 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DP
Received 31 Oct 202475 Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7HY
Received 31 Oct 2024Unit 5, Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 31 Oct 2024Melbourne Hall, Unit 5, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 31 Oct 2024Lyndhurst, Rose Tree Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LN
Received 31 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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