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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 30 Sept 2008 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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1 Mallard Walk, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0TF
Received 2 Feb 20249 The Delph Centre, Market Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DA
Received 2 Feb 2024Electricity Substation Near Strawberry Lane, Linton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JJ
Received 5 Feb 2024Plot 10A , Dove Valley Park , Foston
Received 5 Feb 2024Salvus Cottage, 58 Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8ES
Received 5 Feb 2024Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derbyshire, DE73 7JF
Received 5 Feb 2024Willow View, Cropper Lane, Osleston, Ashbourne, DE6 5JJ
Received 5 Feb 2024Cedar Court Nursing Home, Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QX
Received 5 Feb 2024Land at SK2531 3702, Lucas Lane, Hilton, Derby
Received 5 Feb 2024Land to the rear of 777 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DN
Received 6 Feb 2024Crowfoot Farm, Crowfoot Lane, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AW
Received 6 Feb 2024Cockshut Lane Business Centre, Units 1 To 2, 76, Commerce Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GP
Received 7 Feb 2024Agricultural land between Muse Lane and Marjory Lane, Sapperton
Received 7 Feb 20245 Grove Court, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3WF
Received 7 Feb 202435 Wilson Close, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DT
Received 31 Jan 20244 Spinney Lodge, Repton, Derby, DE65 6PH
Received 7 Feb 2024Rosliston Girls Football Club, Strawberry Lane, Rosliston, Swadlincote, DE12 8JA
Received 1 Feb 2024Land North of Derby Road , Hilton, DE65 5JS
Received 7 Feb 2024Blue Leaves, Ashby Road, Boundary, Swadlincote, DE11 7BA
Received 7 Feb 202430 Main Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EZ
Received 7 Feb 2024Hope Farm, Heage Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LS
Received 1 Feb 2024Bladon House School, Newton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0TA
Received 8 Feb 2024Barr Hall Farm, The Swallows , Drakelow Road, Walton-on-trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NB
Received 8 Feb 202449 Blanch Croft, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GG
Received 8 Feb 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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