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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 25 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Walnut Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
Received 11 Mar 202411 Bramble Walk, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6NB
Received 11 Mar 2024Land at SK3221 9755 Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AT
Received 15 Mar 2024Ashe Hall, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6HT
Received 15 Mar 2024Land adjacent to A6(T) Derby Spur Road, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 15 Mar 20248 Main Street, Ambaston, Derby, DE72 3ES
Received 15 Mar 2024Land At Gorsey Lane, Netherseal, Swadlincote
Received 18 Mar 202433 Bells End Road, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8ND
Received 18 Mar 20249 Aston Hall Drive, Aston-on-trent, Derby, DE72 2DD
Received 18 Mar 202433 Commerce Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FT
Received 18 Mar 2024Land to the rear of 53-67, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ET
Received 18 Mar 202410 Maple Court, Askew Grove, Repton, Derby, DE65 6PZ
Received 19 Mar 202423 Main Road, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3EQ
Received 19 Mar 2024Land off Chellaston Lane, Aston-on-Trent , DE73 6TT
Received 19 Mar 20242 The Limes, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote DE11 7HR
Received 20 Mar 2024Land to the rear of 71 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9JE
Received 14 Mar 2024Land between Lichfield Road (A38) and Drakelow Road, Walton on Trent
Received 20 Mar 2024Land at Derby Road, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HL
Received 20 Mar 2024Land adjacent to 35 The Wharf, Shardlow, DE72 2HG
Received 20 Mar 20247 Repton Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BX
Received 20 Mar 20249 Beaufort Road, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3BA
Received 21 Mar 202432 Wilson Close, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DT
Received 14 Mar 2024Tetron Point, William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB
Received 21 Mar 2024179a High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0EA
Received 21 Mar 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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