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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Land adjoining Main Street, Walton on Trent , Swadlincote
Received 21 Mar 2024Walton Cricket Club, Station Lane, Walton-On-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NA
Received 21 Mar 202419 Kimbolton Way, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AZ
Received 22 Mar 2024The Brookfield, Brookfield, Barrow-On-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HG
Received 22 Mar 2024John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 22 Mar 2024John Port Spencer Academy, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LU
Received 22 Mar 202446 Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QW
Received 22 Mar 2024Woodcote House , Main Road, Lullington, Derbyshire, DE12 8EQ
Received 25 Mar 20241-3 Melbourne Post Office , Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JJ
Received 25 Mar 202480 Burton Road, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BE
Received 25 Mar 20245 Wakelyn Close, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GQ
Received 15 Mar 2024Land to the rear of 230 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BQ
Received 15 Mar 2024173 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 25 Mar 202438-44 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SJ
Received 26 Mar 202427 Main Street, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HL
Received 20 Mar 2024Land at Broomy Farm (east of Lincoln Way and Salisbury Drive), Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 26 Mar 202432 Springwood Farm Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0XE
Received 26 Mar 2024Site A, Park Road, Cadley Park/William Nadin Way, Swadlincote,
Received 26 Mar 20243 Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NB
Received 27 Mar 2024Wonersh House, Main Street, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LG
Received 27 Mar 2024Barn at Bridge Lane, Weston on Trent, Derbyshire
Received 27 Mar 202441 South Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0RN
Received 27 Mar 20243 Well Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EY
Received 28 Mar 2024Ash Farm, Ash Farm Kennels , Ingleby Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7HW
Received 28 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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