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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Received 3 Apr 2024Goseley Community Centre, Hartshill Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7HH
Received 5 Apr 2024Etwall Sewage Treatment Works, Etwall
Received 20 Mar 202478 Moira Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 8DH
Received 2 Apr 202421 Weston Road, Aston-on-trent, Derby, DE72 2AS
Received 8 Apr 20241 Aston Hall Drive, Aston-on-trent, Derby, DE72 2DD
Received 8 Apr 2024114-116 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7DU
Received 2 Apr 202412 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7EH
Received 4 Apr 202412 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7EH
Received 4 Apr 2024Land designated for new community facility, play areas and playing fields on land at New House Farm, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 8 Apr 2024Land off Woodsford Drive, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AX
Received 8 Apr 202421 Weston Road, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AS
Received 8 Apr 2024Former Methodist Church and Sunday School, Clifton road, Netherseal, DE12 8BP
Received 9 Apr 2024179 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 25 Apr 2024The Saddlers, Overseal Manor Stables, Hallcroft Avenue, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JF
Received 9 Apr 202411 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 9 Apr 2024Land at SK2817 5619 off Oak Close, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Received 9 Apr 202428 Wallfields Close, Findern, Derby, DE65 6QL
Received 5 Apr 2024Land at Broomy Farm, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7EY
Received 10 Apr 202468 Duck Street, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HG
Received 10 Apr 2024Land west of Ferry Green, Willington , Derby, DE65 6BL
Received 11 Apr 202425 Richmond Lane, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6AE
Received 11 Apr 2024Cropper View, Unnamed Road From Cropper Lane To Cropper Top Farm, Cropper, Ashbourne, DE6 5JJ
Received 12 Apr 2024Land North of Derby Road, Hilton
Received 12 Apr 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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