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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Old Farmhouse, Hargate House Farm, Egginton Road, Hilton, DE65 5FJ
Received 12 Jun 2024The Old Farmhouse, Hargate House Farm, Egginton Road, Hilton, DE65 5FJ
Received 12 Jun 202435 Church Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9NP
Received 12 Jun 2024Land at Lowman Way, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5UA
Received 19 Jun 202417 Kimbolton Way, Boulton Moor, Derby, DE24 5AZ
Received 19 Jun 202437 New Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FH
Received 19 Jun 202423 Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EG
Received 19 Jun 202444 Linton Road, Castle Gresley, DE11 9HS
Received 19 Jun 20246 High Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8HY
Received 20 Jun 20247 Church Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JU
Received 20 Jun 2024Wheatrig House, Main Street, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PP
Received 21 Jun 2024Lawn House, Hay Lane, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PJ
Received 21 Jun 202429 Mallard Walk, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0TF
Received 21 Jun 202423 Windermere Drive, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5LN
Received 21 Jun 20248 Main Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EZ
Received 24 Jun 202430 Wallfields Close, Findern, Derby, DE65 6QL
Received 24 Jun 2024Cropper View, Unnamed Road From Cropper Lane To Cropper Top Farm, Cropper, Ashbourne, DE6 5JJ
Received 24 Jun 2024Sharpes Pottery, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG
Received 24 Jun 202455 Grove Close, Thulston, Derby, DE72 3EY
Received 24 Jun 2024Land At Sk1834 9110, Crowfoot Lane, Church Broughton, Derby
Received 25 Jun 202483 Derby Road, Aston on Trent, DE72 2AE
Received 18 Jun 2024Land at Broomy Farm (east of Lincoln Way and Salisbury Drive), Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 25 Jun 2024129 Main Street, Linton, DE12 6QA
Received 19 Jun 2024Land off Blackwell Lane, Melbourne, DE73 8EN.
Received 26 Jun 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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