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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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115 Main Street, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JL
Received 13 Nov 202420 Glencroft Drive, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3LE
Received 13 Nov 2024Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7EY
Received 13 Nov 2024Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7EY
Received 13 Nov 202414 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0QN
Received 14 Nov 2024Land to the rear of 21 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 14 Nov 2024Land east of Chellaston Lane and south of Shardlow Road, Derby.
Received 14 Nov 2024Park Farm, Acresford Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6HY
Received 14 Nov 2024Land to the rear of 21 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 14 Nov 20241 Hillcrest, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2DX
Received 11 Nov 2024Acorn House, Cropper Lane, Osleston, Ashbourne, DE6 5JJ
Received 18 Nov 20248 Jenkinson Gardens, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7GF
Received 18 Nov 2024Lady Leys Farm, Green Lane, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8EE
Received 18 Nov 20243 Primavera, Trent Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SF
Received 18 Nov 202411 Leawood Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PN
Received 12 Nov 2024Land south of Blakelow Farm, Sutton Lane, Derby, DE65 5FE
Received 18 Nov 202486 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 19 Nov 2024Limes Farm, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8ED
Received 19 Nov 2024Newhall Community Junior School, Chesterfield Avenue, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TR
Received 19 Nov 2024Land north of Hilton Caravan Site, Sutton Lane, Derby, DE65 5FE
Received 19 Nov 2024Land at Clover Park, Acresford Road, Netherseal
Received 19 Nov 202428 Claymar Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LF
Received 20 Nov 2024Templeton House, Unnamed Road From The Green To Radbourne Common, Radbourne, Derby, DE6 5BE
Received 20 Nov 20246 Oaklands Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JJ
Received 13 Nov 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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