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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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9 Marigold Place, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7JZ
Received 20 Feb 202422 Welland Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GZ
Received 15 Feb 202423A Westfield Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BG
Received 20 Feb 2024Land at Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7EY
Received 20 Feb 2024Drum And Monkey, Castle Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9LH
Received 21 Feb 2024All Saints Church, Shardlow Road, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AZ
Received 21 Feb 20249 Knights Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3DL
Received 21 Feb 20243 Thompson Close, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0AU
Received 21 Feb 202465 George Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9NY
Received 22 Feb 202418 Chestnut Way, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FQ
Received 22 Feb 2024Rectory Farm, Chellaston Lane, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2AX
Received 22 Feb 2024The Old House, Catton Road, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LL
Received 23 Feb 202471 Merlin Way, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0UJ
Received 23 Feb 2024Park Manor, Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0SS
Received 23 Feb 2024The Stables, Cockshut Lane, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, DE73 8DG
Received 23 Feb 2024Field View Cottage, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 23 Feb 2024Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 23 Feb 2024Sainsburys Local, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 23 Feb 2024Pippins Paddock, Fox Hollow, Ingleby Road, Stanton-by-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HT
Received 23 Feb 2024The Granary, Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JJ
Received 23 Feb 2024The Paddock, Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JJ
Received 26 Feb 2024The Hall farm, Common lane, Sutton on the Hill, Derby, Ashbourne, DE6 5JA
Received 26 Feb 202431 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 26 Feb 20242 - 18 Twyford Road, Barrow-On-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HA
Received 26 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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