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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lawn house, Hay lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PJ
Received 22 Apr 202425 Harrow Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0XD
Received 22 Apr 2024Lawn House, Hay lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PJ
Received 22 Apr 20248, The Sandlands, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7PY
Received 22 Apr 202410 Grange Close, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LF
Received 22 Apr 2024Vale House, 100 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EP
Received 23 Apr 2024Melbourne Community Centre, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 23 Apr 2024Priory House, Lower Green, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AD
Received 23 Apr 2024Land At Sk3229 8968, Unnamed Road From Twyford Road To Buckford Lane, Stenson, Derby
Received 23 Apr 202463A Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 23 Apr 202417 Main Street, Walton-on-trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 24 Apr 2024Land At Sk2131 1797, Miry Lane, Foston, Derby
Received 18 Apr 2024Land at SK1931 2286, Uttoxeter Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PJ
Received 24 Apr 202431 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 26 Feb 2024Oakdene Farm, Burnaston Lane, Etwall, DE65 6LX
Received 25 Apr 20248 Edmunds Square, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DU
Received 19 Apr 2024Land Adjacent to 7 Cedar Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote DE11 9JP
Received 26 Apr 2024Fishpools Barn, Clifton Road, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BT
Received 26 Apr 2024Telecommunications Compound adjacent to Toyota Manufacturing Plant, Burnaston, Derby DE1 9TA
Received 26 Apr 202437 Belmont Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JU
Received 26 Apr 2024Grange Farm, Ferry Lane, Twyford, Derby, DE73 7AA
Received 26 Apr 2024Dhami Acres, Bakeacre Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6BH
Received 26 Apr 202419 The Pastures, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GG
Received 26 Apr 2024Honeysuckle Barn, 138 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 29 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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